The ruling BJP has launched a strong counter-attack against Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party dismissing as "malicious" its allegation that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presided over massive corruption in Delhi's cricket body, the DDCA, as its president.
The party has accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of attempting to whip up "political hysteria" to divert attention from corruption in his office.
He also said, "The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), under the UPA regime, investigated and could not find a shred of evidence against me."
Union Minister Smriti Irani said at a press conference that "no fraud has happened" under Mr Jaitley's chairmanship of the Delhi and District Cricket Association or DDCA and added, "The BJP resolutely stands behind Arun Jaitley and publicly condemns the malicious intent of AAP to deflect public attention from a corrupt officer working with Arvind Kejriwal."
That attempt, she said, "goes totally against the values of the Anna Hazare movement," from which Mr Kejriwal's political career sprang.
Aam Aadmi Party leaders held a press conference to bring in detailed charges against Arun Jaitley today (PTI photo)
Ms Irani said the documents "being waved" by the AAP leaders were not from their own investigation, but from a DDCA report which does not mention Mr Jaitley.
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