New Delhi: After being denied appointment by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata party President Amit Shah, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje left Delhi soon after NITI Aayog meeting, said sources on Saturday. After getting a clean chit in former Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi row, Raje was in the national capital to attend the crucial meeting.
Sources said senior BJP leaders advised Raje to attend the meeting and leave for Jaipur otherwise it would have been seen that she is lobbying for her case. The sources added that Raje was denied a meeting as the party didn't want to drag the Prime Minister into the controversy.
Sources said that the Centre on Friday reviewed documents submitted by Raje and found no irregularities in them. No wrong doing has been found in deals between Dushyant Singh's Niyant Heritage and Lalit Modi's Ananda Heritage, the sources added.
Earlier on Friday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah to discuss the issue.
The Rajasthan unit of the BJP also came out in open support for the embattled Chief Minister who herself rubbished reports about a signature campaign by her to demonstrate backing of 120 MLAs.
"All allegations against Raje are baseless. By levelling such allegations, Congress is indulging political vendetta against her and targeting decades-old family relations between her and Lalit Modi," state unit president Ashok Parnami said.
He asserted that the BJP was fully with the Chief Minister who had been elected by the MLAs.
Raje also dismissed media reports about a signature campaign by 120 party MLAs in her support.
The government is currently facing Congress-led opposition heat over help extended by Raje and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Lalit Modi regarding his travel documents in the UK.
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