New Delhi: BJP Bihar MP and former cricketer Mr Kirti Azad faces action for publicly targeting Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitley with allegations of corruption in Delhi’s cricket body DDCA.
Sources say the BJP is likely to take disciplinary action against Mr Kirti Azad this evening.
The parliamentarian defied his party as he made allegations linked to the DDCA or Delhi and District Cricket Association that Mr Arun Jaitley headed for 13 years till 2013. After holding a press conference on Sunday, he followed it up with an open dare on social media and barbs in Parliament.
Mr #ArunJaitley has dragged leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, to court over their allegations against him of corruption, but he has not moved against his party colleague Mr #KirtiAzad yet.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday defended #ArunJaitley at a weekly meeting of BJP lawmakers.
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad says that PM #NarendraModi said #Arunjaitley would come out “with flying colours” in the cricket controversy much like BJP veteran LK Advani had emerged unscathed from Hawala charges in the 1990s.
“No one has any doubt about his honesty and integrity. The allegations against him are baseless,” PM #NarendraModi said.
Kirti Azad was not present in the meeting though he did attend Parliament.
On Monday, BJP chief Amit Shah also broke his silence, defending #Arunjaitley and accusing the AAP government in Delhi of running a malicious campaign against the minister.
Mr #AmitShah did not comment on Mr KirtiAzad. The leadership’s silence till Monday evening had raised eyebrows, especially after Mr Kirti Azad defiantly held a press conference on Sunday despite being warned by BJP Chief Mr Amit Shah against it.
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