Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who was under pressure to quit over her alleged involvement in Lalitgate but is believed to have received a clean chit from the top BJP leadership, arrived here on Saturday to attend a meeting of the NITI Aayog.
Raje, who flew from Rajasthan’s capital Jaipur to New Delhi in a chopper this morning, may call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior BJP leaders amidst the raging controversy involving Lalit Modi.
Raje’s visit to New Delhi comes a day after the state BJP refuted all the allegations being levelled at her, saying yesterday that the document which she signed in support of Lalit Modi’s immigration application to the UK government was never produced in court as she had backed out of it later.
The state unit of the party also claimed that Modi’s investment in the chain of hotels owned by her son was legal and had been disclosed to authorities.
The top leadership of the party is learnt to have accepted Raje’s defence as Prime Minister Modi met BJP chief Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday over the issue.
Congress has accused Raje of quid pro quo in helping Modi and launched a relentless attack on her, demanding her resignation.
Raje has maintained silence over the raging row even though her office has termed the allegations “untrue”, claiming that they were aimed at harming her politically.
At a press conference in Jaipur yesterday, Rajasthan Medical and Health Minister RS Rathore had said that Raje will also attend a NITI-Aayog sub-committee meeting on Sunday.
Raje was scheduled to visit London from June 27 to July 2 but cancelled her UK tour early this week in view of the NITI Aayog meet.