League founder faces 22 charges in scandal
The Indian government will face a no-confidence vote today amid the deepening crisis over its ministers' alleged involvement in a cricket corruption scandal.
The Congress Party of Manmohan Singh, the prime minister, faces a parliamentary motion over a series of controversies, including allegations the government tapped senior politicians' telephones.The crisis deepened Monday when Lalit Modi, the founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL), was suspended and charged with 22 counts of corruption. They included allegations that he accepted kickbacks, manipulated auctions for new teams and took share-holdings using family members as proxies.
Modi, recently lauded for turning the IPL into a £3.8-billion business, was accused of receiving a substantial share of a $80-million "facilitation fee" paid for television rights.
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