inquiry report on DDCA has no mention of Jaitley

The 237-page Delhi government inquiry report on the affairs of the capital’s cricket body DDCA does not mention even the name of union finance minister Arun Jaitley who has been under opposition attack over the alleged irregularities during his tenure as its chief. A three-member committee headed by principal secretary in Vigilance Department Chetan Sanghi has said that considering the “large number of allegations against DDCA”, the cricket body should be immediately suspended by the BCCI. Without any mention of Jaitley anywhere in the report, the committee made host of observations about alleged irregularities by DDCA which include construction of the corporate boxes without prior approval of the authorities and complaints of forgery in age-verification certificates. Jaitley, who headed the DDCA between 1999 and 2013, has been under opposition attack even though he has maintained his innocence. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had alleged that CBI had raided his office to check the files on DDCA A probe by Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) during UPA tenure also had found nothing against Jaitley. The panel slammed BCCI for its “inaction” in the affairs of DDCA and had recommended that Delhi government should approach the Supreme Court with a request to have Justice Lodha Committee advice regarding streamlining of the functioning of the cricket administrator.

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