File photo of Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the Lalitgate scandal was the fallout of a tussle between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
"The Lalitgate scandal is fallout of a tussle between Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley," Mr Singh told reporters in Bhopal.
"The Lalitgate scandal has its genesis in the fight between the two camps in the BCCI. One group hacked the other group's emails and vice-versa, resulting in the scandal getting exposed. The whole issue started with a BCCI committee headed by Jaitley which recommended strong action against Lalit Modi in the IPL scandal," he said.
The Congress leader alleged that Lalit Modi is vocal on the IPL issue at the behest of "Bade Modi" (Prime Minister Narendra Modi), pointing out that Narendra Modi was the president of Gujarat Cricket Association when he was Gujarat Chief Minister.
Referring to Arun Jaitley's remark that obstruction and disruption in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is "anti-development" and "anti-growth", Digvijaya Singh said when the UPA government was in power, Mr Jaitley used to say that disruption is a "legitimate parliamentary practice".
Referring to Vyapam scam probe, Mr Singh said that according to a laboratory report, the file recovered from the computer of one of the prime accused, who is currently in jail, had been tampered with.
The Congress leader said that he has written to the CBI director to ensure fair investigation into the scam.
Speaking about the BJP's victory in the recent local body elections, Mr Singh said: "In local body elections, it is seen that generally the ruling party wins," he said, adding that the "BJP won the polls by hook or crook".