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Azad alleges corruption in DDCA

| | Dec 20, 2015, at 11:59 pm
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IBNS) Former cricketer and BJP lawmaker Kirti Azad exposed an alleged corruption in the Delhi District Cricket Association and urged the Enforcement Directorate to investigate the matter.

The senior BJP leader also alleged that the DDCA had given contracts to fake companies.

He also  showed an audio video presentation that WikiLeaks4India which claimed an alleged corruption in the DDCA.

"The video alleged that the DDCA gave contracts to companies with fake addresses," Azad said while addressing press conference here.

"Video also alleged that the DDCA paid companies in cash against norms," he said.

"I would request the ED to step into the issue," he said.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress recently united their voices in demand for the resignation ofUnion Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged financial irregularities in Delhi's cricket body-the DDCA, which was headed by him in the past.

Shrugging off the demand, Jaitley told media: "If they can tell me the specific charge I will be able to respond. I can't answer a vague allegation without any basis."

"A state government and party which is in the dock for having supported corruption and having interfered in an investigation in this manner can't really deflect the issue without any basis," the minister added.

His reaction comes after Congress leader Ajay Maken told media: "There should be a JPC on the DDCA irregularities."

"Arun Jaitley should resign as FM," he said.

Delhi Chief Minister  Arvind Kejriwal tweeted on Wednesday that the  documents seized by CBI from his office have no relation to allegations being probed.

Kejriwal, who alleged that  the CBI had raided his office for a file linked to corruption in the Delhi cricket body that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley headed in the past, also tweeted  that the investigators read the file but "left it" after his media briefing.

"Docs seized from my office.No relation to allegations being probed. Item 7 -file movement register of last one month," he said.

"CBI kept reading DDCA file in my office. They wud hv seized it. But after my media briefing, they left it. Not clear if they took a copy," said his another tweet.

He said, "Why is Jaitley ji so scared of DDCA probe? What is his role in DDCA scam?"

Kejriwal had said on Tuesday that the CBI raided his office to search for files on the DDCA or Delhi and District Cricket Association, which, he said, had  Jaitley's name. AAP alleges that there were financial irregularities when Jaitley was the president of the Delhi cricket body for 13 years till December, 2013.

Jaitley called the allegations "absolutely rubbish" and  said: " I don't think I should comment on rubbish."

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