Money, Glamour, Politics, Politicians,Bollywood, auction, Betting: if these thing just happens to be one place, then this incident is not surprising.
What began as a juicy side-show to the IPL is now threatening to dwarf the tournament itself.The Lalit Modi-Shashi Tharoor spat turned ugly on.Tuesday with the junior minister and his aide accusing Modi of ‘‘breaching all propriety’’ in his efforts to discredit the Kochi franchisee, and take it away for them for his corporate friends.
Not just this, the minister’s aide accused Modi of trying to buy out the consortium with an “offer” of $50 million, while Tharoor himself decried Modi’s ‘‘contemptible efforts’’ to ‘‘drag in matters of my personal life’ ’— a reference to his alleged romantic ties with Sunanda Pushkar, a Dubai-based socialite-businesswoman , who reportedly holds a ‘free equity’ stake in Rendezvous Sports worth Rs 69 crore.
As the plot rapidly thickened, Lalit Modi, currently under a gag order from BCCI, kept below the radar. However, his associates denied all the allegations. They said that the $50 million offer was applicable to both the new franchisees in case they wanted to back out of their bid as, once taken, a team’s valuation goes up. It couldn’t be ascertained if this offer was part of the deal, but prima facie, seemed odd as payment for not making good a bid pledge has no precedence.
THAROOR CAMP SAYS ::
Modi threatened to make Kochi franchise unworkable
Offered $50m if Kochi consortium would drop deal
Why isn’t he seeking details of other IPL teams like Rajasthan Royals?
Tharoor decries Modi for “dragging in personal life” ; aide says Modi was convicted in US for cocaine possession
MODI CAMP RETORTS ::
$50m offer is applicable to both Kochi and Pune franchises in case they want to back out
Can nail Tharoor’s ‘lie’ that he didn’t call Modi, since Modi’s phone records clearly show he did
If Modi has a stake in Raj Royals, why didn’t he overturn ban on Ravindra Jadeja?
"OVER- COMMERCIALIZATION of any activity is bound to be damaging." Not only IPL,may be it will damage cricket- the sport, as well.
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