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DDCA scam: Congress, AAP demand Jaitley resignation
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IBNS): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress have now united their voices in demand for the resignation of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over alleged financial irregularities in Delhi's cricket body-the DDCA, which was headed by him in the past.
Shrugging off the demand, Jaitley told media: "If they can tell me the specific charge I will be able to respond. I can't answer a vague allegation without any basis."
"A state government and party which is in the dock for having supported corruption and having interfered in an investigation in this manner can't really deflect the issue without any basis," the minister added.
His reaction comes after Congress leader Ajay Maken told media: "There should be a JPC on the DDCA irregularities."
"Arun Jaitley should resign as FM," he said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted on Wednesday morning that the documents seized by CBI from his office have no relation to allegations being probed.
Kejriwal, who alleged that the CBI had raided his office for a file linked to corruption in the Delhi cricket body that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley headed in the past, also tweeted that the investigators read the file but "left it" after his media briefing.
"Docs seized from my office.No relation to allegations being probed. Item 7 -file movement register of last one month," he said.
"CBI kept reading DDCA file in my office. They wud hv seized it. But after my media briefing, they left it. Not clear if they took a copy," said his another tweet.
He said, "Why is Jaitley ji so scared of DDCA probe? What is his role in DDCA scam?"
Kejriwal had said on Tuesday that the CBI raided his office to search for files on the DDCA or Delhi and District Cricket Association, which, he said, had Jaitley's name. AAP alleges that there were financial irregularities when Jaitley was the president of the Delhi cricket body for 13 years till December, 2013.
Jaitley called the allegations "absolutely rubbish" and said: " I don't think I should comment on rubbish."
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