New Delhi:
Senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh addressed a press conference attacking Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Here are the highlights:
- AAP raised facts and questions. BJP raised jumla after jumla.
- Smriti Irani said don't question God, Venkaiah Naidu said don't question the sun.
- But we have have five questions for Mr Jaitley.
- On corruption charges against Arun Jaitley by a judicial committee what does he have to say about that?
- He is trying to divert attention by saying there were some financial irregularities and they were compounded (paid fines for).
- He has given false replies in his blog yesterday.
- Arun Jaitley asked for specific questions. Here are five specific questions.
- He wrote in his blog, 'no personal allegation was ever made against me'. This in itself is such a big lie.
- Kirti Azad on 13.09.2015 wrote a letter to Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of India. In it, paragraph number 3 -"It is shocking to know that illegal corporate boxes were made and sub-leased."
- A company close to you and your family - 21st Century - was tasked to sell and sublease these boxes for Rs 36 crore for which a commission was paid.
- You claimed no personal accusation was made against you. Is it not true that your party MP wrote to you. Question is, 21st Century is whose company? Lokesh Sharma is Arun Jaitley's personal friend.
- Is it not true that you put pressure on ONGC to pay Rs 5 crore to Hockey India. Is it not a corrupt practice? Is it not a conflict of interest?
- Arun Jaitley wrote in his blog, Rs 114 crores was spent on the stadium.
EPIL was given the money. We have info that Rs 57 crore was paid to EPIL. - But the remaining Rs 57 crore was not given. He is lying and hiding something. Arun Jaitley is the master of half-truths and beautiful lies.
- Question is where did the money go. A DDCA fact finding committee report says payments made to companies. During investigation it was found nine companies have the same registered address, email id and directors.
- Please tell us that which were these companies. Are they not fake companies? Did you take any steps? Is it not corruption?
- He wants to say that there were minor irregularities. Which was compounded to a fine of Rs 10 lakh. This is itself a big lie.
- Question is you resorted to falsehood claiming that SFIO report, that all irregularities were compounded and paid. He hid the fact that these irregularities were criminal and punishable by imprisonment.
- Please tell us why the Honourable High Court stayed the actions you called compoundable.
- Hockey India and Arun Jaitley's relations, we will tell you later. How Narinder Batra's wife and daughter are involved. We will tell you later.