Lalit Modi says will sue Rahul for "thieves have Modi as name" dig

April 19, 2019 12:30

Former IPL chief and tainted cricket administrator Lalit Modi has said he will sue Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for his "all thieves have Modi in their surnames" remarks at an election rally recently.

"The #papu @rahulgandhi says "All MODI's are CHOR's". Well he will be taken to court in the UK by Me. But reality is that the world knows 5 decades of daylight #looting of #India was and is done by none other than the #Gandhi #family," Lalit Modi tweeted, tagging Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"I have a question. Why do all the thieves have Modi in their names whether be it Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi and Narendra Modi? We don't know how many more such Modis will come out," Gandhi had said recently at a rally in Maharashtra, as he accused PM Modi of corruption.

PM Modi hit back at Gandhi, saying that such a language does not suit the Congress president but using derogatory words have become synonymous with the "naamdar (dynast)".

PM Modi, speaking at a rally in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, said, "Should such language be used? We have to throw out such people. Abusive language has become the norm. The Sahu community here would have been called Modi in Gujarat. Are they all thieves?"

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