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He told,
Poverty This incident took place during the World War II At this
point in time, Arthur Morris used to play in Australia But if
you observe today,
The situation has completely changed Many popular cricketers from all around the world Are included in the list of millionaires today And the biggest contribution in this revolution Was made by India's first unicorn,
Indian Premier League, IPL In the year 2023, The total valuation of IPL has reached $ 11 Billion And last year in the auction for getting the media rights for IPL for a term of five years Disney and Viacom 18 offered $ 6.2 Billion to get these rights If we look according to the per-match valuation IPL is now the world's 2nd largest sporting league Disney and Viacom 18
together have spent INR 107 Crore and 40 Lakh Just imagine that value A place where a tremendous amount of money is involved It can not be escaped from the corruption Not at all In fact, many people say that, IPL was not constituted to improve the level of cricket in India.
But to
earn huge amounts of money That's why since the inception of
IPL It has been revolving around controversies Sometimes
spot-fixing is encountered Sometimes drug parties Many
times players are involved in physical assaults And some
times misbehavior is done with the cheerleaders.
There is
no limit to such minor controversies around the IPL The Lalit Modi Saga I am sure
everybody must have heard about Lalit Modi and IPL in a single statement once
in his life But very few people many about the actual story of
the biggest scam encountered in the IPL How a businessman,
Become
the so-called creator of the world's most popular cricket league According
to the BCCI, this businessman was involved in the biggest scam in the same
league.
The
former commissioner of IPL, Lalit Modi has faced a big blow BCCI has
banned Lalit Modi for his entire life He was charged with financial
irregularities in the IPL Few people have got this type of
status, wealth, and respect in the history of the Indian cricket
He was
not eased by the Supreme Court and then immediately he was banned by the BCCI
for his entire life But with his excellence and talent, he has
completely changed the face and pace of cricket in India.
Look,
before knowing what is the biggest scam in the IPL? You
should know that The person who has been charged with these
allegations, Lalit Modi Who is Lalit Modi? Only then
you can know how this whole plan was executed by him And for
how long was the planning done? Lalit Modi was born in the year
1963 He took birth to a leading business family The whole
life of Lalit Modi is very turbulent and has always revolved around scandals For
example after the Bishon Cotton School, Shimla.
When he
was admitted to St. Joseph's College, Nainital in the year 1971 He was
highly influenced by the movies Once in bunked his classes to
watch the movie Red Rose featuring Rajesh Khanna And due
to this, he was expelled from the college After some years he went to the
US to pursue Electrical Engineering and Business administration
Before he
could complete his graduation He was charged with serious
allegations like cocaine trafficking, second-degree assault, and kidnapping He was
arrested and put behind bars for two years Later on,
his punishment was reduced But the next year he returned to
Delhi And joined his family business His
family business was not any mediocre business Godfrey
Phillips India Limited It is a part of his family-run Modi enterprises.
In India,
many products are sold by this company like Cigarettes, Candies, Chew Gums, Pan
Masala, etc
Brands
like Cavenders, Four Square, Marlboro, Red and White, and Jaisalmer are
associated with this company.
Everything
was going smoothly till the year 1993 But Lalit Modi thought of
starting something of his own In the years 1993, Lalit Modi
established Modi Entertainment Network Its primary job was to broadcast
foreign channels in India Some of those channels might even
be among your favourites Disney, Fashion TV, and ESPN to
name a few Modi Entertainment Network got the rights to
broadcast many such channels in India.
But
still, this business could not become highly successful And this
company was shut down After this, he started the business of online
lottery in Kerala But that too could not perform well Now after
encountering many failed businesses Lalit Modi thought to do
something completely out of the box Now, he made a plan to sell a
concept And this concept was converted into IPL later on Look,
Lalit Modi was highly fond of sports And he had already watched
sporting leagues like NBA, NFL, and MLB while staying in the US And when
he returned to India,
He
thought of doing something similar to cricket in India Cricket
is the most popular sport in India It is celebrated in India like a
religion And all the cricket fans have a similar feeling We would
even sacrifice our lives for it What are you talking about?
People
even murder their friends to decide who is better Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma
Lalit
Modi took advantage of exactly this In the year 1995, Lalit Modi
pitched the idea of conducting a 50-over cricket tournament to the BCCI But BCCI
did not approved this idea And after this idea was rejected,
Lalit Modi understood that If I want to establish a league
of my own then,
I should
hold a strong position in the BCCI After this Lalit Modi made a
Master planLalit Modi started working on his master plan in the year 1999 He was
elected to a significant position in the Himachal Pradesh
Cricket Association But before he could gain full control of this
Association
The Cheif Minister of Himachal Pradesh dethroned Lait Modi from his position Lalit Modi tries once more,
He became
the vice president of the Punjab Cricket Association in the year 2004 But he
could not succeed even here After this, he looks at RajasthanAt
that time Vasundhara Raje was the Cheif Minister of Rajasthan Lalit
Modi establishes a connection with Vasundhara Raje through one of his school
friends Bina Kilachand With this Lalit Modi becomes one of the closest
associates of Vasundhara Raje And the very next year i.e. 2005.
The
Rajasthan government passes a sports act It benefitted Lalit Modi And then
finally, Lalit Modi wins the presidential election of the Rajasthan Cricket
Association with only 1 extra vote And becomes the president of the
Rajasthan Cricket Association After this, he became close to
Sharad Pawar who was a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party Lalit
Modi helped Sharad Panwar defeat Jagmohan Dalmia in the presidential election
of BCCI.
And
eventually, Lalit Modi was appointed as the Vice President of the BCCI Now Lalit
Modi had the power to pursue his dream of IPL through the BCCI Now he
only has to capitalize on the trust of the Board Members of the BCCI And for
this, he gets heavily involved in the commercial side of BCCI
He
brought many changes in the cricket Advertisements and overall administration That's
why during the years 2005-08, The revenue of BCCI experienced
growth of seven times And the revenue reached the value of $ 1 Billion And
through this, Lalit Modi was able to make an impact on the minds of the board
members And now his plans would be approved on a priority
basis.
After this,
he once again pitched his idea of conducting the IPL And it
was accepted in no time And finally, in the year 2008, Indian Premiere
League was launched Lalit Modi already had a great business
acumen He knew how to link business with cricket.
And how
to make it a successful business After this, he started
associating businessmen and Bollywood actors with the IPL On one
side Bollywood celebrities like Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Shilpa Shetty, and
Juhi Chawla were associated with the IPL And on the other hand businessmen
like Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya were attracted to the IPL And as a
result, IPL was a huge success in even its year of inception.
But
allegations of planning something else behind this success of IPL were made
against Lalit Modi Allegations of carrying out scams in the BCCI since
the beginning of IPL were made against Lalit Modi
But these
things became public for the first time when Lalit
Modi made some confidential information Public about the Kerala-based IPL team,
Kochi Tuskers Kerala through a tweet.
And after
this, Lalit Modi was surrounded by heavy investigations We got to
know from that tweet by Lalit Modi that Sunanda Pushkar was a part of the
equity holders in the franchisee Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
At that
time, she was a close friend of Shashi Tharoor who was the External Affairs
Minister of India.
And later
on, they became Husband-wife As soon as this news caught the
eyes of the public Shashi Tharoor was questioned hard And
eventually, he had to resign from his post.
But after
this incident, The golden days of Lalit Modi ended Just
after the IPL final of the year 2010 Lalit Modi was terminated from
his post of Chairman of the IPL and Vice President of the BCCI.
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different charges were made against Lalit Modi by the BCCI Taking
major decisions and bypassing the governing council Not
following the procedures properly.
Taking
bribes for offering broadcasting rights Selling different franchises to
his family members Helping friends and close ones to get various
contracts in the BCCI Bid rigging, betting, money laundering And many
such serious allegations were made against Lalit Modi by the BCCI After
this when Enforcement Directorate, ED started an investigation on Lalit Modi
then Many new allegations were made against Lalit Modi Let me
tell you some of those Many times Lalit Modi violated the Foreign Exchange
Management Act And made illegal transactions worth INR 89 Crores Lalit
Modi accepted a deposit of INR 20 Crores illegally from Emerging Media which is
a UK-based company.
When IPL
was conducted in South Africa for the first time in the year 2009 A deal
worth INR 243 crores was done between BCCI and Cricket South Africa But the
way through which Lalit Modi transferred this amount.
Was a
violation of the FEMA Apart from this, Lalit Modi transferred an amount
of $ 80 Million to World Sports Group to withdraw their Broadcasting Rights This
literally does not make any sense But later on, ED found that $ 25
Million were transferred to the accounts of his closed associates and political
beneficiaries.
Apart
from this, in the first IPL player auction of the year 2008 Information
was passed to the bidders about the amount of bid He
deliberately lowered the cost of the Rajasthan Royals Franchise
After
this, the Brother in law of Lalit Modi, Suresh Chellaram purchased the majority
of the stakes in this franchise And this benefitted Lalit Modi
directly As soon as the investigation process began for all
these allegations in the year 2010.
Lalit
Modi knew that he could not escape now And on 15th May 2010, Lalit Modi
flew to London And never returned back to India.
But the
shocking fact is that even while staying in London He was
never separated from the Cricket Administration and politics in India.
In fact,
till the year 2015, he stood as the president of the Rajasthan Cricket
Association But when he was living a luxurious life in London Many new
allegations were getting established against Lalit Modi.
In the
year 2013, a Jaipur-based lawyer Poonam Chand Bhandari claimed by filing a PIL
in the Delhi High Court that Vasundhara Raje and her son
Dushyant Singh were immensely benefitted from Lalit Modi through one of his
shell companies She claimed in this PIL that Lalit
Modi through his shell company acquired the shares of the company of Dushyant
Singh which had a value of INR 10In whooping INR 96,000.
Many more
controversies were alleged against Lalit Modi The
passport of Lalit Modi was revoked during the government of INC in India But Delhi
High Court restored his passport in the year 2014.
When his
wife Minal Modi was getting treated for breast cancer in Portugal Allegations
of issuing travel documents to Minal Modi were made against Sushma Swaraj
through which she could travel to Portugal from London.
People
also alleged Sushma Swaraj for helping Lalit Modi because The
husband and daughter of Sushma Swaraj were associated with
Lalit Modi professionally And have also represented them in
the courts Lalit Modi is always part of the headlines Recently
he made his relationship public with miss universe of the year 1994, Sushmita
Sen Huge chaos was created by this He even
updated his Bio on social media accounts And about 1-2 weeks ago,
He was
scolded by the Supreme Court of India for his tweets Supreme
Court has asked Lalit Modi to apologize One thing becomes crystal clear
through this Lalit Modi saga From cricket administration to
politics In spite of serious allegations being made against
Lalit Modi
He is
living a luxurious life in London Isn't this weird? A
question arises, Why no action has been taken against Lalit Modi? Why only
Lalit Modi?
You can
prepare a list of many such people including Lalit Modi and Nirav Modi Many big
allegations were made against these people But later
all these people started living in London.
In fact
according to many reports, Between the years 2013 to 2018 In a span
of 5 years, 5500 such fraudsters have flown to the UK from
India But why?
It has an
answer,To achieve Political Asylum It is
very easy to achieve for these people in the UK If you
once fly to the UK Without the permission of authorities in the UK Your
return to India is almost impossible If the courts in the UK feel that If a
country is making a request for the extradition of a person,
This
means if any country is requesting for making any person return to his home
country He might be tortured there Or he
might be sentenced to death Hence these types of requests are
denied by the courts of the UK.
If any
country is making a request for extradition for some political reasons Usually,
these types of requests are also denied There lies one more reason The
golden visa system in the UK.
This
means you are a big fraudster, murderer, or even terrorist And you
have made an investment worth £ 2 Million then You are
directly offered a golden visa in the UK And after this, your return to
your native country becomes almost impossible.
This has
two conclusions We could not pressurize the UK properly And the UK
is not treating every country in the same manner That's
why many fraudsters from India.
Immediately
flies to the UK And lives a luxurious life there So this
was the complete story about the biggest scam in the IPL.
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