A day after his suspension from the BJP, lawmaker Kirti Azad addressing a press conference in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad:
Cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad, who has been suspended by the BJP after his unprecedented offensive against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, said today that he wanted answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"I want the PM to tell me what my fault is. I want specific answers," Mr Azad told reporters this morning.
"I have much to tell, but I don't want to embarrass anyone. What is the point of attacking from the back?"
Mr Azad, 56, was suspended on Wednesday after he targeted Arun Jaitley over alleged corruption in Delhi's cricket body DDCA that the finance minister headed in the past. He alleged today that evidence was "vanishing" from the offices of the DDCA or the Delhi and District Cricket Administration. Mr Jaitley was its chief for 13 years till 2013.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that a CBI raid last week on his top officer was an attempt to search for files on DDCA and "save Mr Jaitley".
Mr Azad said: "If there can be a raid on the Chief Minister's office, why can't there be raid on DDCA? The day before yesterday two boxes of documents were taken out of DDCA. Evidence is disappearing."
He said that he would respond to the party's notice today and another BJP leader Subramanian Swamy would help him frame the reply.
"The notice says that I have been suspended for anti-party activities. There is nothing specific in the charges against me. Was action taken against me because I raised corruption charges?" Mr Azad said.
He bristled at his party's allegation that he had sided with rivals like Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress while targeting his own party colleague.
"If they think I met other parties, then BJP should inform me which parties I met. I have been raising these issues for nine years, would I have dreamed that a party called AAP would also take up this issue?" said the lawmaker from Bihar.
"PM Modi and the Margdarshak Mandal should intervene," said Mr Azad, referring to a "mentors' panel" of party seniors that has never met.
The Prime Minister is currently on a visit to Russia.
"I want the PM to tell me what my fault is. I want specific answers," Mr Azad told reporters this morning.
"I have much to tell, but I don't want to embarrass anyone. What is the point of attacking from the back?"
Mr Azad, 56, was suspended on Wednesday after he targeted Arun Jaitley over alleged corruption in Delhi's cricket body DDCA that the finance minister headed in the past. He alleged today that evidence was "vanishing" from the offices of the DDCA or the Delhi and District Cricket Administration. Mr Jaitley was its chief for 13 years till 2013.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that a CBI raid last week on his top officer was an attempt to search for files on DDCA and "save Mr Jaitley".
Mr Azad said: "If there can be a raid on the Chief Minister's office, why can't there be raid on DDCA? The day before yesterday two boxes of documents were taken out of DDCA. Evidence is disappearing."
He said that he would respond to the party's notice today and another BJP leader Subramanian Swamy would help him frame the reply.
"The notice says that I have been suspended for anti-party activities. There is nothing specific in the charges against me. Was action taken against me because I raised corruption charges?" Mr Azad said.
He bristled at his party's allegation that he had sided with rivals like Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress while targeting his own party colleague.
"If they think I met other parties, then BJP should inform me which parties I met. I have been raising these issues for nine years, would I have dreamed that a party called AAP would also take up this issue?" said the lawmaker from Bihar.
"PM Modi and the Margdarshak Mandal should intervene," said Mr Azad, referring to a "mentors' panel" of party seniors that has never met.
The Prime Minister is currently on a visit to Russia.
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