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Arun Jaitley shielding DDCA scamsters : AAP

by IBNS 16 Dec 2015, 09:09 pm

New Delhi, Dec 17 (IBNS) Launching a scathing attack on Arun Jaitley, the Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday accused the Union Finance Minister of shielding Delhi and District Cricket Association in the alleged financial scam.

Addressing media at the Constitution Club of India in the national capital, AAP's National Executive member Kumar Vishwas and the party's national spokesperson Raghav Chadha alleged that under Jaitley's tenure, a budget of Rs. 24 crore was approved for construction of a DDCA stadium, whereas Rs. 114 crore was spent and the corruption was in the knowledge of the Finance Minister."

"Arun Jaitley has shielded the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) for over 15 years. There's corruption worth several hundred crores that has taken place under the very nose of the Finance Minister," Vishwas said.

The press conference took place two days after CBI raided the office of  Arvind Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar in connection with corruption charges, which the Delhi Chief Minister alleged was an attempt to seize documents related to the DDCA scam.

Jaitley, however, rubbished the allegation and said the raid had nothing to do with anything other than the corruption allegedly indulged in by the bureaucrat.

In an attempt to corner Jaitley, the AAP leaders also alleged that there has been cases of proxy billing and proxy cases. Cases were filed so that money can be siphoned off the DDCA.

Raghav Chadha said : "I will tell you about the construction scam at DDCA. Under Finance Minister's tenure,a budget of Rs. 24 crore was approved to construct DDCA stadium, whereas Rs. 114 crore were spent."

 "Arun Jaitley wrote to Kirti Azad, 'We consciously got our stadium constructed by EPIL, a PSU company.' EPIL was paid only Rs. 57 crore," Chadha alleged asking where did the remaining Rs. 57 crore go.

"Fact Finding Committee examined the corruption at DDCA. Rs. 1 crore 55 lakh loan given by DDCA to three companies. When the panel inquired, the chairman and general secretary were unable to give answers. The report clearly says Prima Facie it seems to be a 'criminal breach of trust," he said.


Chadha also alleged that payments  have been made to companies who have never done any job.

" Same legal and CA firms (16 firms) were paid were paid Rs. 1 crore 16 lakh. DDCA committee had noted huge payments had been made in a hurry by the president and secretary without following any financial manual," he said demanding that Jaitley reveal his association with  DDCA treasurer Narendra Batra, who has been there for  many years.