Rejecting the BJP’s contention that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was given a clean chit by an enquiry committee — appointed by the AAP Government to investigate alleged irregularities in the affairs of DDCA which was headed by him for around 13 years till 2013 — Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he would not apologise for targeting Jaitley as “no clean chit” was ever given to him. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia posed four questions to the Finance Minister and the BJP over the alleged financial bunglings in the DDCA when Jaitley headed the cricket body and wondered why they were “running away” from a probe.
“Our panel has not named anyone in this report. Does that mean that corruption happened during the period but ghosts did itIJ ... Why is there so much rush to absolve JaitleyIJ Why so much pressureIJ Probe by the commission of enquiry has only begun. Gopal Subramaniam, whom we appointed as its chief, has given the letter of acceptance on Sunday,” Sisodia told reporters.
Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal said, “No clean chit ever given by any Del govt probe. That report confirmed several instances of wrongdoings but did not fix responsibility.”
The Chief Minister said in another tweet, “It didn’t mention ANYONE’s name n recommended Enquiry Commission to fix responsibility, which we have done now.”
Referring to certain allegations against DDCA, Sisodia said, “The companies that were given contracts in that period had same directors and same addresses. Does this not point towards corruptionIJ How did this happen thenIJ Who did itIJ”
Sisodia also referred to suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad’s Press conference where the latter made a series of charges against the DDCA authorities.
“We just want Jaitley to say whether or not he was the DDCA president from 1999-2013. If yes, why is he running away from probeIJ” Sisodia asked.