July 29, 2026 05:01 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Assam floods: Death toll stays at 68 as over 5.24 lakh continue to battle deluge | 'Probe is meaningless if responsibility isn't fixed': Supreme Court slams Delhi Police over CJP protest crackdown | 'No protester will be left alone': CJP claims Centre shared FIR withdrawal copies after midnight talks | Bihar cop suspended after viral AK-47 firing video during NEET protest crackdown | After Dharmendra Pradhan's exit, 'E20 Janta Party' emerges, demands Nitin Gadkari's resignation over fuel policy | 'Can't lathicharge people just because they are protesting': Supreme Court slams Delhi Police over NEET protest crackdown | 'Victory of democracy': Sonam Wangchuk congratulates Gen Z as Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after month-long NEET protests | 'Democracy has triumphed': CJP celebrates as Dharmendra Pradhan quits, warns Centre 'Don't mess with cockroaches' | Centre buckles under CJP-led NEET protests; Dharmendra Pradhan quits as Education Minister | Delhi Police flags 2,500 suspected criminals at Jantar Mantar amid NEET protest

Lalit Modi offered job to a kin of a BJP Minister : Congress

| | Jul 01, 2015, at 09:38 pm
New Delhi, Jul 1 (IBNS) Alleging that former IPL boss Lalit Modi had offered job to a family member of a BJP minister the Congress on Wednesday demanded an inquiry into it by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Lalit Modi, the Indian fugitive, also made an offer to a family member of a minister. Why did he do so ? We want the Prime Minister to inquire," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said. 

He, however, did not name the minister whose kin was allegedly offered a job by Lalit Modi who is stated to have indulged in scam and money laundering during his stint as Indian Premier League Commissioner.

"Congress has asked the Prime Minister to make a full disclosure of facts and evidence so that the truth comes out. We have placed before the Prime Minister all the documents that are available," he said.

"We should all know how Lalit Modi was being helped and why was he being helped being an Indian fugitive," Surjewala  added.

The BJP is already struggling to ward off the opposition attacks for the help external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj  and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had extended to Modi which has become a major issue in the county. 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.