Cannot reply to vague allegations: Arun Jaitley on DDCA corruption charges

“State government and the party which is in the dock for having supported corruption and having interfered in the probe in this manner cannot deflect the issue without any basis,” Jaitley added.

A State Govt and a party which is in the dock for having supported corruption & having interfered in (Cont): FM pic.twitter.com/m1zSmEn7kt

— ANI (@ANI_news) December 16, 2015

…this manner can’t really deflect the issue without any basis: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pic.twitter.com/SjP8RI0VIw

— ANI (@ANI_news) December 16, 2015

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Earlier in the day, Kejriwal claimed that file relating to DDCA was scrutinised and filed containing “cabinet decisions” was seized during CBI’s day-long raid on Tuesday.

Kejriwal also launched a fresh attack on Jaitley, saying he had “misled” Parliament by saying that the CBI did not raid the Chief Minister’s office.

The Congress today joined the chorus demanding Jaitley to resign after Kejriwal made his allegations.

Flanked by Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, party leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge senior spokesman Ajay Maken also sought setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to go into the issue.

“Congress demands that pending the completion of inquiry through a JPC, Arun Jaitley step down, failing which the Prime Minister should sack him,” Maken said at a press conference.