Jaipur: Union Minister for Road Transport and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, on Monday rubbished the charges levelled against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje for helping former IPL chief Lalit Modi and said that the central government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stand with her.
“All allegations against Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje are baseless. I have assured her (Vasundhara Raje) that the Govt and BJP stand strong with her,” Gadkari was quoted by ANI.
Gadkari held a meeting with Raje in Jaipur today amidst controversy involving Lalit Modi.
Rejecting allegations of transaction of money from Lalit Modi's company to Raje's son Dushyant Singh's company, Gadkari told ANI, “All transactions have a record in income tax return. Borrowing money from someone is no crime.”
Raje is facing opposition over her secret witness statement supporting the former IPL boss' immigration plea in Britain so that he could obtain travel documents.
Modi, who is wanted by the Enforcement Directorate in several cases including charges of money laundering, has been staying in London and has not come to India to face questioning in the cases.
The BJP had earlier put up a muted defence of Sushma 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.
(With Agencies Inputs)
