Dismissing former IPL chief Lalit Modi posting his photographs with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, the party on Saturday said Modi was trying to help the ruling BJP.

Modi tweeted a couple of his pictures with Mr. Gandhi and Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in the same frame.

Modi tweeted: “I hope @OfficeOfRG (office of Rahul Gandhi) informed @INCIndia that he was a beneficiary of my hospitality. He sat in my box.”

The picture, which appears to be from an IPL match, also has actor Shah Rukh Khan, his wife Gauri Khan, and actor Deepika Padukone along with others.

Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken, however, accused Modi of trying to help the BJP through the pictures.

“Chotta Modi is trying to help Bada Modi by tweeting images to help the ruling party,” Mr. Maken said.