New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be sued for defamation, for alleging irregularities in the selection of the state cricket team, Delhi’s cricket body DDCA said today.”If the charges of corruption were true, Virat Kohli wouldn’t be the captain today,” said the association’s Chetan Chauhan.
This statement came as a response to the allegation that Kejriwal made in a television interview where he said that there were massive irregularities in the selection for the Delhi cricket team.
Earlier today, Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released two letters that it claimed were proof of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s direct involvement in covering up corruption in Delhi’s cricket body DDCA.
Addressing a press conference, AAP also came out with a new edition of its “five questions” for Jaitley, showing letters purportedly written by him to the Delhi Police on a case linked to the DDCA or Delhi and District Cricket Administration.
“Documents with us clarify that Arun Jaitley was aware of everything going on at DDCA. He was not just involved in corruption, but also in the cover-up” said Ashutosh.
NDTV cannot vouch for the authenticity of the letters. However the authenticity of these documents cannot be verified.
In its five new questions for Jaitley, AAP asked: “Is it not a fact that you misused your position as leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha to pressure Delhi Police? Being an eminent lawyer yourself can you deny that your actions amount to directly obstructing the police probe in an ongoing case?”
The party also questioned whether it is “fair for you to continue as a central minister particularly when the Delhi police reports to the Centre?”
The BJP has dismissed the new allegations as “utter nonsense.”
“If we were to hold AAP to similar standards, Arvind Kejriwal should have resigned long back. He is threatening the police, he is protecting his principal secretary,” said BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao.
Jaitley has sued Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other members of AAP over their allegations that he presided over deep-rooted corruption in the DDCA when he was its chief for 13 years till 2013.
