Clouds of uncetainity prevails over IPL

• IPL was mired in a fresh controversy with Rajasthan Government accusing Lalit Modi of deliberately dropping Jaipur as venue.

• Shanti Dhariwal, the state's Home Minister, accused Modi of acting against the state because he recently lost the election in the Rajasthan Cricket Association.
• The IPL organisers have dropped Jaipur alongwith Delhi and Visakhapatnam as a venue in the revised schedule submitted to the Home Ministry which is yet to give the green signal to the high-profile event.
• With the organisers racing against time to work out a schedule, senior BCCI official Rajiv Shukla met Home Ministry officials to take stock of the situation.
• In a positive development, three states -- Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh -- have sent their feedback to the Home Ministry on the new fixtures and have given a virtual clearance to the event.