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New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leaders intensified their attack on finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday, claiming his tenure as chief of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association ( DDCA ) was marked by massive financial bungling while the minister rebutted the charges saying no inquiry had revealed any evidence of fraud.The heated politics over the ‘DDCA scam’, alleged by AAP to be the reason for a CBI probe into a key aide of Kejriwal, bubbled and boiled on Thursday with the party alleging that wrongdoings at DDCA had the “direct or indirect” consent of Jaitley. A Delhi government-appointed committee, AAP said, had reported glaring irregularities and recommended a commission of enquiry.Jaitley hints at irritation with KirtiJaitley responded in a blog, saying, “The UPA government seized the opportunity (offered by BJP MP Kirti Azad ’s allegations) and referred the complaints to the SFIO which investigated all his complaints over a period of time and submitted a detailed report on March 21, 2013. The report concluded in relation to the DDCA being registered under the Companies Act that, in a nutshell, there are certain irregularities/non-compliance or technical violations, but no fraud (was) noticed as alleged.”The Azad angle made the political broth spicier as the MP has been going hammer and tongs against Jaitley and the DDCA. Even on Thursday, after he met BJP organization secretary Ram Lal who had apparently called him to dissuade him from attacking the FM, Azad remained defiant and threatened to hold a press conference on Sunday to “expose” the rot in DDCA.Rejecting suggestions that the party leadership had “gagged” him, the Darbhanga MP tweeted, “Don't go by rumours that I have been gagged. My fight is against corruption in sports and it shall continue.”Having tweeted on Wednesday that the CBI team had gone through the alleged “DDCA file”, Kejriwal said, “Can Jaitleyji's denial in press be taken as gospel truth? Very serious allegations against him. Why is he running away from investigations? If Jaitleyji were let off without investigations on basis of his press denial, then should all coal and 2G accused also be similarly let off?”CBI questions secy Rajendra for 12 hrsThough the finance minister did not respond to questions on Azad in any detail, his exasperation peeped through when he said that the issue of any action against the MP needed to be addressed by the relevant authority.On Kejriwal, Jaitley said, “It is a part of propaganda technique to deflect attention when you yourself are in the dock. Finding himself acting as shield to cover an officer under investigation, the Delhi CM attempted to focus attention on me… does free speech include the right to speak only falsehood?”At its press conference, AAP leveled a series of allegations against Jaitley and vigorously defended Rajender Kumar, the officer under investigation. “You are asking why Kejriwal kept a corrupt official like Rajender Kumar. Kumar has served for 27 years. Has there ever been a probe over allegations of corruption against him?” AAP leader Sanjay Singh asked.Caught in crossfire, babus huddleOn the issue of the DDCA affair being raised only after the CBI raid, AAP leaders said the state government had acted on a complaint referred to it by the Centre. They quoted a DDCA internal fact-finding report which they claimed revealed improprieties and misconduct and further alleged 10 corporate boxes at the Ferozeshah Kotla were leased without due procedure.“There were instances of proxy litigations to mint money. Lawyers who used to appear against DDCA were paid by the cricket body itself,” AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha said. AAP alleged Jaitley turned DDCA into “an exclusive club of elites” and had institutionalized corruption and said forged age certificates were used to help certain players and a large number of such cases were not pursued by Delhi Police.BJP and DDCA brass responded to allegations that the cost for refurbishing Kotla escalated from Rs 24 crore to Rs 114 crore, pointing out that the scope of the initial plan was radically revised. “Initially, the contract given to EPIL (a PSU) was of 27 crore for one block on the ground floor,” DDCA acting president Chetan Chauhan said.Stadium size revision pushed up cost, says JaitleyJaitley said the DDCA was able to almost double the seating capacity of the stadium and add modern amenities for spectators after it got corporate sponsors and BCCI significantly hiked its support from Rs 4 crore to Rs 50 crore.Chadha, however, alleged that “payments were made to five companies whose registered addresses were the same and were headed by the same director. There was duplication of funds and fictitious companies were paid for work they never did”.“We demand Arun Jaitley publicly declare what is his relationship with Narendra Batra who was DDCA treasurer. Dummy companies were set up to steal money from the DDCA,” he added.