IPL commissioner Lalit Modi is embroiled in numerous land deals in Rajasthan involving many prominent developers and business houses during the regime of the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in that state, according to a source report of the Income Tax department. The document, the cricket-related contents of which ET first reported on Monday, also has details of his alleged role as a backroom operator who had the clout to swing land deals. The report has details of how Mr Modi and his associates in business and bureaucracy allegedly flouted rules and manipulated state agencies such as the Board of Infrastructure Development and Investment for private gains. The report details investigations into many big companies operating in Rajasthan. Since the nature of the contents are largely speculative and based on market intelligence garnered by I-T sleuths, ET, as a responsible paper, is not publishing the charges levelled against Mr Modi or the companies in detail.
In many ways, the barrage of allegations aimed at Mr Modi is the revenge of the Congress establishment, say sources. Not only is Mr Modi seen to be close to NCP strongman Sharad Pawar, his proximity to a number of BJP leaders has not gone down well with the Grand Old Party. Mr Gehlot refused to get into specifics of each of the deals. “Congress party is not into politics of vendetta,” said Mr Gehlot.
In many ways, the barrage of allegations aimed at Mr Modi is the revenge of the Congress establishment, say sources. Not only is Mr Modi seen to be close to NCP strongman Sharad Pawar, his proximity to a number of BJP leaders has not gone down well with the Grand Old Party. Mr Gehlot refused to get into specifics of each of the deals. “Congress party is not into politics of vendetta,” said Mr Gehlot.
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