Janjivan Bureau
NEW DELHI: Congress attack on Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje and alleged that she and former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi were business partners. Both are conspired to convert the Dholpur Palace, a government property, into a luxury hotel, adding that they had documents to back their claims, Congress Senior leader Jairam Ramesh said.
“The first thing that has been established is that the fugitive Lalit Modi and Vasundhara Raje are business partners. The second fact which has been established is that Lalit Modi got Rs 21 crore from Mauritius and invested in Dushyant Singh’s company. The third fact is that Vasundhara Raje signed a seven page document for UK authorities to abet Lalit Modi. There have been three lies, three cover-ups by the BJP and Vasundhara Raje. Today, we are exposing the fourth fact of this episode,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said at a press briefing.
“In 1954, the Dholpur Riyasat merged with the Union in Independent India and in 1977, the Dholpur Palace was made government property. Despite the Dholpur Palace being the property of the government, Raje and Lalit Modi proceeded to convert it into a high-end private luxury hotel,” Ramesh added. Ramesh also alleged that Raje’s husband had admitted the same in 1980.
“The magnitude of quid pro quo, the financial relationship between Raje and her fugitive friend and partner Lalit Modi are getting unearthed everyday… We sadly have to state that Vasundhara Raje’s husband in 1980 had made a statement saying that the Dholpur Palace belongs to the government,” he said.
