Is Sonia Gandhi responsible for everything? asks Congress President on DDCA row

On Sunday, Kirti Azad held a h a press conference on DDCA even after BJP chief Amit Shah reportedly tried to dissuade him, and told reporters: “I just want to expose corruption…”

Naidu, when asked if the party was contemplating any action against Azad for making allegations in the DDCA issue and taking a dig on Jaitley in this connection, however, however, did not reply.

The Patiala House courtroom on Monday set January 5, 2016 at 2 pm as the subsequent date of listening to for the felony defamation case filed by Arun Jaitley towards Arvind Kejriwal and different Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders. “Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi come forward and answer to the nation on the allegations against his own Finance Minister”.

The decision to form the commission of inquiry came amid AAP’s fierce attack on Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged irregularities in DDCA during his 13-year tenure its chief.

Jaitley today filed both civil and criminal defamation cases against Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders for allegedly defaming him and sought Rs 10 crores in damages and their prosecution for offences that entails a punishment of upto two years in jail.

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The minister, who was frequently interrupted by Congress members, said the stadium was built at a total cost of Rs. 114 crore.

In his response, Jaitley said “we [the DDCA] considered it necessary that the national capital should get a proper stadium”, and for raising resources, 43 corporate boxes were created at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium.

Kejriwal hit back at the minister on Twitter after the criminal and civil suits, asking Jaitley to prove his innocence to an independent enquiry committee.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it was investigating a top bureaucrat in Kejriwal’s office for corruption.

He said BJP member Kirti Azad had said in the house that the CBI had sent a notice to DDCA in October 2015 and had called for a SIT probe.

He alleged that the DDCA gave out contracts to fake companies, paying them crores of rupees in cash, and had fudged the audit of accounts.