DDCA row: BJP demands public apology from Kejriwal, Delhi CM hits back

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said that the Chief Minister should apologise to Jaitley for defaming him.

Hours after a three-member report of Delhi government found no evidence against Finance Minister Arun jaitley in the DDCA scam, BJP demanded public apology from Delhi CHief Minister Arvind Kejriwal or levelling allegations against Jaitley.

Party spokesperson M J Akbar said the DDCA file which Kejriwal made his basis to attack Jaitley over the CBI raid and affairs of the cricket body does not name Jaitley.

“The truth is out. The report does not name Jaitley.

There is no allegation against him, there is no indication (of wrong doing). The Delhi Chief Minister, we believe, should apologise to Jaitley for his allegations…he should publicly apologise.

“He should also admit his fault in the court (where Jaitley has filed a civil defamation suit against the CM and other AAP members),” he told a press conference.

He said in his press conference Kejriwal had attacked Jaitley alleging that the CBI raid was carried out for the DDCA file. “Now the CM himself is trapped…his own team has found no allegation against Jaitley,” Akbar said.

Meanwhile, Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to critisise BJP over corruption.

The 237-page report by a three-member committee headed by Principal Secretary in Vigilance Department Chetan Sanghi has said that considering the “large number of allegations against DDCA”, the cricket body should be immediately suspended by the BCCI.

Without any mention of Jaitley anywhere in the report, the committee made host of observations about alleged irregularities by DDCA which include construction of the corporate boxes without prior approval of the authorities and complaints of forgery in age-verification certificates.