Rahul Gandhi in trouble again? IPL founder Lalit Modi says will drag him to court for defamatory remarks

Lalit Modi, the former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman, has threatened in social media post that he would sue Rahul Gandhi, the former chief of the Indian National Congress (INC). Modi, as per reports, said that he would file the case in a UK court over Rahul Gandhi's comments, linking him to corruption and money laundering. This latest controversy involving the Congress leader comes just days after he was disqualified as an MP, following a conviction in a defamation case.

At an election rally in 2019, Gandhi clubbed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Lalit Modi and fugitive businessman Nirav Modi and said, "How come all thieves have the common surname Modi?"

In a tweet thread, Lalit Modi wrote he sees "every Tom dick and Gandhi" repeatedly referring to him as a "fugitive of justice." He then asked when he was "ever convicted" of such a thing and remarked that "it seems one and all opposition leaders have nothing else to do so they too are either ill informed or just vendetta prone."

Tagging Rahul Gandhi, the IPL founder, then announced that he will be dragging the politician to court in the United Kingdom "right away."

He also accused several Congress leaders of having overseas assets and even offered to provide proof in the form of photos and addresses backing his allegations.

Modi, who amid scandals and controversies linked to theIPL, had relocated to London from India in 2010, said that he will return to India as soon as the nation passes stringent libel laws.

(With inputs from agencies)

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