DDCA scam: Arun Jaitley goes to court against AAP, Kirti Azad faces action

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While the civil defamation suit seeks Rs 10 crore in damages, the criminal defamation complaint seeks action against Kejriwal, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Kumar Vishwas, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpai under IPC sections relating to offences of making, disseminating defamatory statements.

READ: Ram Jethmalani to defend Kejriwal in defamation case

The AAP leaders filed a caveat before the High Court to ensure no orders are passed in the civil defamation suit without hearing their side.

It is learnt that leading lawyer Ram Jethmalani has offered to appear in court for Kejriwal.

READ: Arun Jaitley files defamation suit in HC, seeks Rs 10 crore

The Delhi government also decided to call a special session of the Assembly Tuesday to discuss the alleged irregularities in the DDCA and the CBI raid at the Delhi Secretariat.

In Lok Sabha, the Congress demanded Jaitley’s resignation and a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the alleged DDCA irregularities.

But Jaitley hit back at the Congress saying while two stadia in Delhi were renovated at a cost of Rs 900 crore and Rs 600 crore under the UPA rule, the DDCA constructed a new stadium at a cost of Rs 114 crore.

“I just want to say that this entire charge is baseless and and completely wrong,” Jaitley told the House while replying to charges levelled by Congress MP from Alappuzha K C Venugopal.

Later, the Congress, led by Sonia Gandhi, walked out of the House.