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Sharpening its attack on Lalit Modi’s business connection with BJP leaders Congress party today came up with fresh ‘evidence’ of the Rajasthan Chief Minister of having direct business links with former IPL commissioner. Party accused Raje of converting a state-owned palace into private property.
Calling the Raje-Modi links in Dholpur a bizarre example of “private private partnership”, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh went on to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his continued silence on Lalitgate.
“Six documents since 1950 – the year I was born – until 2010 showed that the Dholpur palace was the property of the sta
te. But that property was converted into a private limited company,” Congress spokesperson Jairan Ramesh said. “We sadly have to state that Vasundhara Raje’s husband in 1980 made a statement saying Dholpur Mahal belongs to the state,” he added.
“Lalit Modi invested Rs 22 crore, the money he routed through Mauritius, into a company called Niyant Heritage Hotels Private Ltd, in which Vasundhara, her son Dushyant Singh, daughter-in-law Niharika and even Lalit Modi hold shares,” Ramesh said, adding that Raje had made the same declarations in her 2013 poll affidavit.