Raje was Lalit Modi's business partner, says Congress

June 26, 2015 20:43

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was a direct beneficiary of controversial cricket tycoon Lalit Modi's Rs 13-crore investment in a firm owned by her son, the Opposition Congress alleged today, as the politician fends off demands for her resignation.

The Congress released papers filed by Raje ahead of her election in 2013 in which she said she owned nearly 3,000 shares in Niyant Heritage Hotels Limited, owned by her son, Dushyant Singh, who is a law-maker, NDTV reports.

In Rajasthan, BJP leaders said the shares were gifted to Raje by her son and daughter-in-law and the fact that she declared them among her assets proves she has nothing to hide.

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