New Delhi: The political slugfest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over DDCA row has now taken a new turn. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cannot intimidate him and his party by filing a court case on the DDCA issue.
This came after Jaitley filed a defamation suit against Kejriwal for alleging financial irregularities in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA).
"Jaitley cannot intimidate us with court case. We will continue our fight against corruption," Kejriwal tweeted.
"Jaitleyji should cooperate with the Commission of Enquiry and prove his innocence there," he said. The chief minister announced the Commission of Enquiry on Sunday.
Launching a scathing attack against Jaitley, AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh said, "Jaitley is free to do what he wants. I will say again and again that Arun jaitley is corrupt. He is a 'maha bhrashtachari' and we will fight against him."
Rubbishing the charges against him, the Finance Minister called the charges against him baseless and wrong. "SFIO (Serious Fraud Investigation Office) has accepted the expenditure by DDCA on building new stadium and found nothing wrong," he said.
Jaitley has filed Rs 10 crore civil defamation case in the Delhi High Court against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and 5 other AAP leaders for false statements against him and his family members. He also field a criminal defamation suit against the AAP leaders in the Patiala House Court. Apart from Kejriwal, other AAP leaders who have been named in the suit are Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpayee.
Criminal complaint has been filed under section 200 CrPC for commission of offences under section 499, 500, 501,502 IPC R/W section 34 & 35 of the IPC for making/writing/publishing false and defamatory statements/allegations in the print and electronic media against the complainant by the above named respondents/accused persons.
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