Lalit Modi tweets praise for PM Narendra Modi

New Delhi: The man who is instrumental in inviting the wrath of the Opposition on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leader Narendra Modi, now appears to be seeking to make amends, after the party said it would seek an Interpol ‘red corner notice' against him.

Lalit Modi (left) called the PM "a most savy man" in a tweet

Lalit Modi, sitting in London, tweeted on Saturday that PM Modi was a "most savy (sic) man". The former chief of the Indian Premier League said that "when he (Modi) bats, he will hit the ball out of the park".

Lalit Modi, who has been putting out reams of information through tweets and other media, was apparently helped by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan CM Vasundhra Raje, at a time when he was being sought by the Enforcement Directorate during the previous United Progressive Alliance regime.

Raje has accepted that she had signed a document supporting the application of Lalit Modi for a residence visa in Britain. The Opposition parties say that at best this points to an impropriety by a leading BJP leader when the IPL chief was wanted by the authorities in India.