Kirti Azad, suspended by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for his attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, addressed a press conference. Below are the highlights:
- People often comment on what is happening
- To say that I was speaking on behalf of Congress representative is to tarnish the name and the seat of the speaker
- No party chief has the right to speak out of turn
- The SFIO report that we have been hearing about, it asked the DDCA multiple times for documents
- And I took the initiative to investigate this matter with the zeal of an investigative agency as well
- I want to tell the Spokespersons that if all accounts were in order then why did the Registrar of Companies file a case against them?
- I would like to tell the CBI that I have already done all the investigation. There are efforts to stop the move to weed out corruption in Sports.
- Companies with no experience got contracts in DDCA. If this is not a fraud, then what is?
- I want all the people who are defaming me, to tell me the irregularities in the various deals that took place with the DDCA and Koshnik
- Proxy litigation a serious charge, DDCA often pitting two entities against each other
- I have not done anything against party line. I would tell BJP spokespersons to be careful while speaking in public.
- Take me to the companies that I have named and show me their audited accounts.
- It is not justified to defame me, please respond to the allegations that I have levied
- I have staunchly worked for the BJP for years, a lot of people are jealous and it shows
- Please don't bring Jaitley into this. It's his birthday today and this matter is about corruption not Jaitley.
- Let the investigation take its course