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Jaitley vs Kejriwal: CM says only court can stop Delhi govt panel from probing DDCA 'corruption'

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8 Jan 2016 6:26 AM GMT
Kejriwal said the DDCA enquiry commission set up by Delhi Govt is as per law.
Jaitley vs Kejriwal: CM says only court can stop Delhi govt panel from probing DDCA corruption
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI/DC)

New Delhi: Responding to the Centre’s declaration that the panel appointed by the AAP government in Delhi to probe alleged corruption in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) was "unconstitutional and illegal", Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that it was Centre’s “opinion” and was not binding on his government.

“DDCA enquiry commission set up by Delhi Govt is as per law and constitution of India. Centre's opinion not binding on Delhi govt,” said Kejriwal in a tweet.

He further added that only a court can stop the panel from probing the alleged corruption in the cricket body.

A letter issued by the Delhi Lieutenant Governor's office on Thursday said, "Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has accordingly held that the notification issued by the Directorate of Vigilance, Government of NCT of Delhi, is unconstitutional, illegal and therefore has no legal effect".

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The rejection of the Delhi government's decision to probe the affairs of Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) comes on top of a bitter fight between the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government and the Centre after the raid on the Delhi Secretariat a month ago.

Aam Aadmi Party on Friday claimed that the Centre wanted to "save" Finance Minister Arun Jaitley by declaring as illegal the Delhi Government ordered inquiry into alleged DDCA scam and was trying to ensure his "role" during his tenure as head of the cricket body was not exposed.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led party also contended that the Centre's action was "legally wrong" as when the Delhi Government had appointed a commission of inquiry to probe the CNG fitness scam, the court had refused to stay the probe and only asked it not to take any coercive action.
"The step taken by the BJP government is aimed at saving Arun Jaitley and just to make sure that his role in DDCA scam does not get exposed. Despite such attempt, they would not be able to save Jaitley," AAP leader Ashutosh said at a press conference.
"It has been proved that the Modi government has no intention to probe any irregularities in DDCA and the Centre's move is legally and politically wrong. The letter sent by the Centre to the Delhi government is sort of a love letter which we have got used to," said Ashutosh. He said, "In the CNG fitness scam also, we had set up an inquiry commission. The court did not quash it. It said that the government should not resort to coercive measures but it did not quash the inquiry panel so the Centre's move also makes it clear that they do not have any respect for judiciary."
The AAP has been accusing Jaitley of wrongdoings during his tenure as DDCA chief. The Union Finance Minister had rubbished the allegations and filed criminal and civil defamation cases in a city court against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders for making "baseless allegations". Kirti Azad, a BJP parliamentarian, has been suspended by the party for training guns on Jaitley over the DDCA affairs.
"They would not be able to save Jaitley. The truth will surely come out and Gopal Subramanium had offered the trial to be publicly televised. So why they are running away," Ashutosh said. He said Delhi Government will decide on next course of action on the probe into the DDCA affairs.

( Source : deccan chronicle )
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