IPL Gate: Lalit Modi meets Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, asks for support

By Flynn Remedios – futuristicmedianetwork.wordpress.com / iplgate.wordpress.com

IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi met Reliance Industries chairman and Mumbai Indians owner Mukesh Ambani today (22 April, 2010) and according to TV news reports sought his support and help. Mukesh Ambani is known to be close to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other senior Congress politicians, including the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The meeting took place in the backdrop of the first IPL-3 semi-final, against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The Mumbai Indians won by 35 runs and will meet the winner of Thursday’s semi-final between the Deccan Chargers and the Chennai Super Kings in the final on Sunday.

According to the Times of India:

Beleagured IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Thursday paid a surprise visit to Maker Chambers IV, the Reliance Industries office in South Mumbai, from where the conglomerate’s chairman and owner of Mumbai Indians Mukesh Ambani operates.

Modi walked into the building at around 3.30pm and stayed put for over an hour. Highly placed sources said he “requested a meeting with Ambani and was granted a few minutes”. During his meeting over a cup of tea, Modi, it is learnt, sought support from the franchise. However, the outcome of the conversation wasn’t known.

Modi also met a couple of other RIL officials, including Nikhil Meswani, before bidding goodbye. Modi was clad in all-white when he walked into his BMW and left. A couple of days ago, RCB owner Mallya had come out in Modi’s support. However, TOI has learnt that there are not many franchisees at the moment who are ready to stand by him.

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