Lalit Modi further added, "If I remember correctly it was last year and the year before. Doubt either reported it to anyone. They were in power then."
Former IPL chief Lalit Modi on Thursday night dropped a bombshell, saying he met Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra in London last year.
In a series of tweets, Modi said, "Happy to meet the Gandhi Family in London. I had run into Robert and Priyanka separately in a restaurant - they were with Timmy Sarna. He has my no. They can call me. Will tell them what I feel about them exactly. Will mince no words. Will make no deal. But tell them witch hunt will now make them realize I was."
He further added, "If I remember correctly it was last year and the year before. Doubt either reported it to anyone. They were in power then."
Responding to Modi's claims, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told news agency ANI, "Neither Priyanka Gandhi nor Robert Vadra have ever interacted socially with Lalit Modi. If you see an individual in a restaurant full of people, it is neither a crime nor is it morally wrong."
Meanwhile, BJP leader Sambit Patra questioned why Gandhi family is in constant touch with Lalit Modi.
Speaking to ANI, he said, "Certain tweets are coming to light, we have come to learn that Lalit Modi had a meeting with Gandhi family. We want to ask as to why Gandhi family is in constant touch with Lalit Modi? This raises a serious question."
"What is the relationship between the Gandhi family and Lalit Modi. Why did Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra meet Lalit Modi in London? Priyanka Gandhi needs to clarify on the matter in public," said BJP spokesperson Narasimha Rao.
A defiant Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje coupled with sharp attacks from the Opposition continued to keep the ruling BJP in a fix. However, putting up a brave front in the wake of the growing Opposition chorus for the resignation of Raje and Sushma, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday told the media, "Well, there is nobody who is tainted please".
Another senior minister, M Venkaiah Naidu, said the Narendra Modi government was working in the "most honest and transparent" manner and blamed some "unhappy people" for the outcry over Raje's help to the former IPL boss.
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