In a blistering critique aimed at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Lok Sabha candidate for the New Delhi constituency, Somnath Bharti, accused BJP’s candidate Bansuri Swaraj of aiding in the escape of financial fraud fugitive Lalit Modi from India. Addressing a press conference, Bharti alleged that Swaraj, who was appointed as the BJP candidate after the party revoked the ticket of Meenakshi Lekhi, allegedly had a hand in Lalit Modi’s evasion from Indian authorities. Bharti raised poignant questions, asserting, “Everyone knows that Lalit Modi betrayed the country, committed a scam worth thousands of crores of rupees in the country and presently he has fled the country to evade the law. So, who helped in this escape, who became the medium for it, who advocated for him in court? Her name is Bansuri Swaraj.”