Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas at a press conference in New Delhi.
Aam Aadmi Party leaders are addressing media at Constitutional Club of India in New Delhi.
Below are the highlights of the event:- Kumar Vishwas: The country has millions of cricket fans. Cricket's commonwealth has been going on for the past 10-15 years. Whenever any person has tried to expose the scam, Centre has opposed it.
- 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.
- Raghav Chadha: 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,
where did the remaining Rs 57 crore go? - Raghav Chadha: 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'.
- Raghav Chadha: Payments have been made to companies who have never done any job.
- Raghav Chadha: 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.
- Raghav Chadha:There has been cases of proxy billing and proxy cases. Cases were filed so that money can be siphoned off the DDCA.
- Raghav Chadha: DDCA treasurer Narendra Batra has been there for so many years. We want Mr Jaitley to reveal his association with him.