New Delhi:
Former IPL chief Lalit Modi’s claims that Varun Gandhi had offered him to “settle” all matters. Levelling fresh allegations, Lalit Modi today sought to drag BJP leader Varun Gandhi in the escalating row.
On charges made by Modi against the party leaders, Congress chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala said the former IPL chief was trying to divert attention from the Congress demand of resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in this connection.
“The ‘chhota Modi’ is helping ‘bada Modi’. He has become the ‘sankatmochak’ (trouble-shooter)... The ‘chhota Modi’ is acting at the instance of someone within the government and the BJP... These are preposterous allegations.
“He is trying to divert attention from the demand of resignation (of Swaraj and Raje),” the Congress spokesperson said, asserting that his party will “not lose focus and will not relent and will not stop”.
The Congress attack has sharpened at a time when the monsoon session of Parliament was just 20 days away and is expected to be a stormy affair if the ‘Lalitgate’ row continued.
