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Arun Jaitley DDCA 'corruption' row: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were locked in a bitter war on Thursday, with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's resignation for corruption and the latter accusing the AAP leader of spreading "untruth and falsehood". Kejriwal – who took on Jaitley two days after accusing the CBI of searching his room while targeting his principal secretary Rajendra Kumar, a charge denied by the CBI – said huge amounts of money were involved in alleged wrongdoing in the DDCA. Other 'interested parties' too jumped into the controversy. Here are the top 10 quotes on corruption: (PTI)
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1. Arvind Kejriwal asked: "Can Jaitley's denial be taken as gospel truth? Very serious allegations against him. Why is he running away from investigations? (PTI)
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2. Arvind Kejriwal: "If Jaitley were (to be) let off without investigations on (the) basis of his press denial, then should all coal and 2G (scandal) accused also be similarly let off?" (PTI)
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3. Arun Jaitley responded, "Free speech is unquestionably a pre-eminent fundamental right, but does free speech include the right to speak only falsehood? Kejriwal seems to believe in untruth and defamation, delivered in a language that borders on hysteria." (PTI)
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4. Arun Jaitley added, "It is a part of propaganda technique to deflect attention when you yourselves are in the dock. Finding himself acting as a shield to cover an officer under investigation, the Delhi chief minister has attempted to focus attention on me. I left cricket administration in 2013. By referring to some facts of 2014 and 2015, he (Kejriwal) can't drag me in." (PTI)
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5. Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said: "There is no question of the resignation of Jaitley. They (AAP) are playing their political cards. This is no issue." (PTI)
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6. Union minister Smriti Irani said: "Political hysteria is being created to deflect attention from a corrupt officer. AAP has made false allegations." (PTI)
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7. AAP leader Sanjay Singh said, "A free and fair probe cannot be done as long as Jaitley remains in the post. So he should be removed." (PTI)
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8. Former cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi said, "If the DDCA house was in order with no corruption, then why did BCCI stop all payment to DDCA and why was incumbent president of DDCA sacked?" Kejriwal again re-tweeted and said: "Agree." (PTI)
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9. BJP MP Kirti Azad, a long critic of Arun Jaitley's stewardship of DDCA, alleging financial irregularities during his term, said he will hold a press conference on Sunday against 'corruption in DDCA'. "My fight is against corruption. I will continue with it," Azad said. (PTI)
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10. Congress leader Digvijay Singh said that a JPC should go into the matter and former cricketer and BJP MP Kirti Azad should head the panel. "If you want to discuss the role of Arun Jaitley in DDCA then ask Kirti Azad as to how many scams there were in DDCA," Singh said outside Parliament. (PTI)
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