The AAP Government appointed Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) Commission of Enquiry headed by Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium is all set to start functioning from the Delhi Assembly premises.
The conference room of the Delhi Assembly is being converted into a court room and a witness box is also being readied. In a letter to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, speaker Ram Niwas Goel said the commission “may utilise the conference room and adjoining rooms in the Assembly Complex till the completion of its term.”
When asked, Goel said the Assembly has given permission for court room and office space for the Commission of Enquiry following the request from Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia.
Despite the Union Home Ministry order terming the commission appointed by the AAP Government as “unconstitutional and illegal”, the Arvind Kejriwal administration is going ahead with the
probe panel.
In his letter to the Speaker, Sisodia said on the basis of the Delhi Assembly resolution, the AAP Government has constituted a Commission of Enquiry to probe into various wrong doings and allegations among other issues pertaining to the DDCA through its notification issued on December 2 last year.
Sisodia had requested the Speaker to give his consent in writing about the availability of the space in the Vidhan Sabha so that the
Government could formally communicate the same with the commission.
Earlier, a defiant CM had said the commission constituted by his Government would continue its probe into alleged irregularities in DDCA even after it was declared illegal by the MHA.
In a series of tweets, Kejriwal had said, “DDCA enquiry commission set up by Delhi Govt is as per law and constitution of India. Centre’s opinion not binding on Del Govt. Commission will continue work. If the l-G or MHA or PMO aggrieved, they may approach Court. Only a court order can stop commission’s work.”