Modi, former commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), prepared ground for his return sooner than later by successfully getting elected as president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association soon after his friend Vasundhara Raje Scindia regained power as Rajasthan chief minister.
As mentioned in this column before the general election, his fate was clearly linked to the electoral prospects of his namesake Prime Minister.
Even before the Modi government's hundred days in office, Lalit has been handed his passport back by a division bench of the Delhi High Court.
A remarkable coincidence, both at the Centre and in states he has his friends in power even if one highly influential minister is not a great admirer of the scion of Modi's business empire and who was part of the disciplinary committee that banned him for life.
Still, there is little doubt that the dark clouds over Modi's head are clearing fast.
