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Can Lalit Modi strike? |
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by Dr. Rajinder Puri |
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By all accounts Lalit Modi is a tough cookie. It would be reckless to judge him, an affluent, pedigreed, former accused in drug and robbery criminal cases, by the usual yardstick reserved for pressured celebrities. The IPL scam erupted from the Kochi franchise to open a full can of worms that is infesting cricketing commerce. The Kochi team was sold for Rs.1530 crore to a consortium including Rendezvous Sports World which was given 25 per cent of the franchise for free. Former Minister Shashi Tharoor interceded with Lalit Modi on behalf of Rendezvous Sports World. After Lalit Modi revealed that 18 per cent of the free stake was given to Tharoor’s friend Sunanda Pushkar all hell broke loose. Tharoor had to resign while stoutly maintaining his innocence. There are two theories circulating in the grapevine. First, that Sharad Pawar, BCCI Chief Manohar and Modi have no real differences. The BCCI-Modi dispute is stage managed. According to plan Modi will be eventually exonerated. This gets credence from the BCCI statement that if the charges leveled against Modi lack sufficient substance the inquiry against him would be dropped. The second theory making the rounds is that Modi, Pawar and Manohar have evidence about the real stakeholders of the Kochi franchise which if revealed could destroy the UPA government. |
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