Lalit Modi’s tweets about “meeting the Gandhi family” in London have been seized by the ruling BJP as it confronts calls for the resignation of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje for helping the graft-accused cricket boss.
In a three-part tweet, the former IPL commissioner said that he was “happy to meet the Gandhi family in London” and that he had bumped into Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka and her husband Robert Vadra at a restaurant.
1/3 Happy to meet the Gandhi Family http://t.co/43iiC6mL9w in London. I had run into Robert and Priyanka separately pic.twitter.com/JTnaE6eX1A
— Lalit Kumar Modi (@LalitKModi) June 25, 2015
2/3 in a resturant – they were with Timmy Sarna. He has my no. They can call me. Will tell them what I feel about pic.twitter.com/uz4SBMayXS
— Lalit Kumar Modi (@LalitKModi) June 25, 2015
3/3 them exactly. Will mince no words. Will make no deal. But tell them witch hunt will now make them realize I was 😇 pic.twitter.com/3IX7FuWpYA
— Lalit Kumar Modi (@LalitKModi) June 25, 2015
But in another tweet, he revealed that the meeting was last year.
If I remember correctly it was last year and the year before. Doubt either reported it to anyone. They were in power then.
— Lalit Kumar Modi (@LalitKModi) June 25, 2015
The tweets also refer to Timmy Sarna, the managing director of DLF Brands.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala called Lalit Modi’s posts “juvenile.” He said: “I can say with full responsibility that neither Priyanka Gandhi nor Robert Vadra ever interacted with Lalit Modi socially. If you see somebody in a restaurant, it is not a crime.”
The BJP said the Congress must explain why its leaders were in touch with the former IPL chief. “We want to ask questions as to why the Gandhi family was constantly in touch with Lalit Modi. As to why yesterday also they were meeting Lalit Modi. It’s thus obvious that none other than Sonia Gandhi can bring this to forefront,” said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra.
Speculations were rife about the travel of the Gandhi parivar:
Reliable source: Sonia,Rahul, Priyanka gone to London to meet @LalitKModi in order to buy peace with him so he doesn’t expose their dealings
— Madhu Kishwar (@madhukishwar) June 24, 2015
And then the stand was vindicated:
Now that I’m proven right abt Sonia-Rahul-Priyanka rushing to London to placate @LalitKModi— wd be fun 2watch if media dare go after them!
— Madhu Kishwar (@madhukishwar) June 26, 2015
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