Lalit Modi

As things stand now, Lalit is a fugitive and all those who helped him can be said to have aided someone whom the law enforcement agencies are probing.

Stepping up the offensive against Raje, who had claimed she did not recall having signed such a document, Congress accused her of "repeatedly lying" and demanded her immediate resignation. "

Arun Jaitley also said there is "no question at all" about the government going on the back foot on this issue, as it has done "nothing wrong".

On day one of the Budget session, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raked up the issue of former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar‘s fake degrees. Following ruckus in the floor of the House, BJP‘s OP Sharma was marshalled out of the Assembly.

Indications are that the session is likely to begin on July 20. The monsoon session is likely to be a stormy affair with the opposition gunning for the resignation of Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje over the Lalit Modi visa fiasco.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Raje have been facing flak for "helping" Modi in procuring travel documents in the UK, a country which he has made his home to avoid legal processes in India.

In India‘s crab-bring-down-crab political environment, dividing the opposition, through fair means or foul, seems to be the only way to rule. The Gandhi family used this to great effect. Modi will have to do the same.

Amid the controversy over a meeting between Mumbai Police commissioner Rakesh Maria and former Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi in London, former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has denied any knowledge about the same.

The Union Minister further clarified that Raje's son Dushyant's deal with Lalit Modi's company was purely a commercial one. Notably, the same was asserted by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday.

The former IPL chief on Sunday levelled allegations against several senior politicians on social media platform twitter.

The BJP had put up a muted defence of Swaraj when the controversy broke out on Sunday over her help to tainted Modi get British travel document saying she had acted on humanitarian considerations but offered no defence of Raje in the last two days.

According to reports, Modi and Singh discussed the government strategy to tackle the continued attack by the opposition over the issue. They also discussed government‘s plan to move Supreme Court for revocation of Lalit Modi‘s passport.

While accepting that he has 'relations' with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and several other politicians, he refused to add anything more. Evading questions from the media, he said that his lawyers have asked him not to make any statement.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital on Wednesday, former finance minister P Chidambaram stepped up the attack on Swaraj, saying her conduct in the issue raises several questions.

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said letters written to British authorities on Lalit Modi case during UPA rule should be released as they will answer the former IPL Commissioner's accusations against him and Congress.

The three-page paper read, "I make this statement with support of any immigration/application that Lalit Modi makes. But do so on the strict condition that my assistance will not become known to the Indian authority.”

The department also confirmed to agency that the UK's Permanent Secretary is "satisfied" that Sarah Rapson, the Director-General of UK visas and immigration, acted "appropriately and professionally in handling this case"

Dismissing all allegations against his Cabinet colleague Swaraj, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that all allegations against the External Affairs Minister were "baseless".

Having burnt his fingers once with the poorly-funded Indian Cricket League (ICL), which wound up two years after it was launched in 2007 after arch-rival Lalit Modi and the BCCI launched the hugely successful Indian Premier League (IPL), Chandra seems to be playing his cards differently this time.

Lalit Modi also fired a salvo at BCCI President & CSK owner N Srinivasan for the "mess" created by him in the IPL. "Nothing moves in IPL and Chennai Super Kings without Srinivasan, and he has his men planted in every franchisee. Srinivasan has gagged every player, every BCCI official", he added.