BJP lawmaker and former cricketer Kirti Azad openly dared his party senior Arun Jaitley in tweets, a day after he stopped short of naming him while alleging corruption in the Delhi cricket body DDCA that the Finance Minister headed for 13 years.
‘ hello dear @arunjaitley hampar defemation file kar rahe ho na? Please karo na Don’t take injunction, don’t gag freedom of speech.
— Kirti Azad (@KirtiAzadMP) December 20, 2015
‘ Mera naam kyon hata diya @arunjaitley #Aap ne toh mere letters dikhae theey, mujhpar karo na case, registered post se maine bheje theey
— Kirti Azad (@KirtiAzadMP) December 20, 2015
Jaitley has filed a defamation suit against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders for accusing him of presiding over corruption in the DDCA or the Delhi and District Cricket Association. He has also asked for Rs. 10 crore in damages.
Arun Jaitley made a statement in Lok Sabha denying all allegation against him. Azad demanded for a time-bound probe in the issue.
Azad on Sunday showed a video that claimed DDCA had given contracts to various companies with false addresses. It also alleged that the cricket body hired office and other equipment and listed items like Rs. 16,000 for a laptop per day, Rs. 3000 for printer per day and Rs. 5000 for ‘puja ki thali’.
Soon after Mr Azad’s revelations, the Kejriwal government announced an inquiry headed by former Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramaniam into DDCA’s corruption.