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Business News/ Photos / Lalit Modi’s powerful frenemies

Lalit Modi’s powerful frenemies

As more names come tumbling out in the Lalit Modi row, we take a look at Modi's growing list of friends and enemies

Vasundhara Raje: The latest on the Raje-Modi front involves a Rajasthan palace. The Congress accused Raje of illegally occupying a “public property” and converting it into a hotel with Lalit Modi’s money, prompting a BJP riposte that it’s a private estate. HT

1/10Vasundhara Raje: The latest on the Raje-Modi front involves a Rajasthan palace. The Congress accused Raje of illegally occupying a “public property” and converting it into a hotel with Lalit Modi’s money, prompting a BJP riposte that it’s a private estate. HT

Vadras:The Congress was left fuming and on the defensive when Lalit Modi named Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra in his tweet—“Happy to meet the Gandhi family… in London. I had run into Robert and Priyanka separately.” Mint

2/10Vadras:The Congress was left fuming and on the defensive when Lalit Modi named Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra in his tweet—“Happy to meet the Gandhi family… in London. I had run into Robert and Priyanka separately.” Mint

Rakesh Maria: The Mumbai police commissioner landed himself in trouble after a photo of him meeting Modi in London did the rounds in the media. While Maria claims he met Modi on insistence of the latter’s lawyer, Congress, then ruling in Maharashtra, is speechless. HT

3/10Rakesh Maria: The Mumbai police commissioner landed himself in trouble after a photo of him meeting Modi in London did the rounds in the media. While Maria claims he met Modi on insistence of the latter’s lawyer, Congress, then ruling in Maharashtra, is speechless. HT

Prabhu Chawla: Senior journalist Prabhu Chawla’s name also came up when India Today claimed to have documents that proved Chawla stood witness for Modi. Though Chawla admits backing Modi, he refuses to have signed any documents. HT

4/10Prabhu Chawla: Senior journalist Prabhu Chawla’s name also came up when India Today claimed to have documents that proved Chawla stood witness for Modi. Though Chawla admits backing Modi, he refuses to have signed any documents. HT

Sushma Swaraj: Swaraj helped Modi to get UK travel documents on humanitarian grounds. Modi has a “family” relationship with Swaraj whose husband and daughter had provided legal services “free of cost”. AFP

5/10Sushma Swaraj: Swaraj helped Modi to get UK travel documents on humanitarian grounds. Modi has a “family” relationship with Swaraj whose husband and daughter had provided legal services “free of cost”. AFP

Sharad Pawar: Modi has named Pawar as one of the few UPA ministers who helped him with travel documents. Pawar, a strong backer of Modi, has denied this, and claimed he only advised Modi to return to India and face the law.

6/10Sharad Pawar: Modi has named Pawar as one of the few UPA ministers who helped him with travel documents. Pawar, a strong backer of Modi, has denied this, and claimed he only advised Modi to return to India and face the law.

Praful Patel: Modi, on the contrary, has cited statements by both Pawar and the NCP leader Praful Patel advising him not to return as he would be arrested. Mint

7/10Praful Patel: Modi, on the contrary, has cited statements by both Pawar and the NCP leader Praful Patel advising him not to return as he would be arrested. Mint

N. Srinivasan: The former BCCI president shares a love-hate relationship with Modi. This includes the recent controversy around Srinivasan’s presidency of BCCI, which Modi opposed vehemently. HT

8/10N. Srinivasan: The former BCCI president shares a love-hate relationship with Modi. This includes the recent controversy around Srinivasan’s presidency of BCCI, which Modi opposed vehemently. HT

Rajiv Shukla: In Swaraj’s defence, Modi has also named Rajeev Shukla, the current commissioner of IPL, saying he also helped him with his travel documents. AP

9/10Rajiv Shukla: In Swaraj’s defence, Modi has also named Rajeev Shukla, the current commissioner of IPL, saying he also helped him with his travel documents. AP

P. Chidambaram: The Former FM is probably Modi’s only true critique. He had questioned “Why did she (Swaraj) feel that Lalit Modi should have a UK travel document rather than Indian travel document?” HT

10/10P. Chidambaram: The Former FM is probably Modi’s only true critique. He had questioned “Why did she (Swaraj) feel that Lalit Modi should have a UK travel document rather than Indian travel document?” HT

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