IPL Issue - Lalit Modi & Shashi Tharoor Involved
Friday, April 16, 2010
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor landed himself in a fresh controversy when Lalit Modi, an avid user of Twitter, tweeted that the Union minister had asked him not to reveal the ownership pattern of the IPL Kochi franchise. The dispute erupted when Modi disclosed the names of some of the owners of the consortium that bought the franchise for $333 million. Modi has also alleged that he was told by Tharoor not to ask who these shareholders were.
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Shashi Tharoor, who has pushed the government into a politically embarrassing corner, will be asked to put in his papers soon. The Congress leadership, sources said, has concluded that the minister’s continuation in the government has become untenable after a government functionary detected that he negotiated with Rendezvous for a higher share of sweat equity for his friend Sunanda Pushkar.
Amidst controversies, Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi is likely to quit after the final of the Twenty20 extravaganza, said BCCI sources on Tuesday.
The IPL controversy has included ministers, businessmen, cricket board officials and an assortment of family and friends.
Members of a youth group here on Sunday demanded the arrest of individuals associated with the Indian Premier League's (IPL) financial irregularities.
Lalit Modi came out fighting yesterday. It was entirely in keeping that he should do so via a message on his Twitter feed as cricket continued to reel from the allegations surrounding the Indian Premier League.