Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stood firm on his claims against Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley saying that they were based on true facts and based on public domain. He and AAP Senior Leader also said that Kejriwal's claim about his public character was "frivolous".
As reported by The Hindum Kejriawal responded to the notice issued by the Delhi High Court pertaining to the defamation suit Jaitley filed against him and 5 other AAP leaders. Through his lawyer, senior advocate H.S. Phoolka, Kejriwal affirmed that his claims against Jaitley are from true facts.
"The allegations are true and have been in public domain for last many years.", Phoolka stated. "The venture (DDCA) did not take any steps to challenge these allegations for all this period. It raises a presumption of truthfulness of these allegations," Phoolka added.
Furthermore, according to The Economic Times, AAP senior leader and party spokesperson Raghav Chadha also expressed his response to Jaitley claiming that there was no injury caused to the latter's reputation and added that he has the same stand as Kejriawal saying that Jaitley's claims that "he enjoys a high public character is totally frivolous and unsustainable."
"The last time he contested the election to the Lok Sabha was from Amritsar as aBJP candidate in 2014. Despite the success of the BJP, this plaintiff lost by a margin of more than 1,00,000 votes. Indian democracy has never accepted his claim of public character," they said.
As reported by The Financial Times, Phoolka stated that they submitted 2000 pages of documents that would support their allegations as well as three CDs. Jaitley filed his suit against Kejriwal and other AAP leaders in mid-December last year.
It claimed that the defendants have undertaken a false, malicious and defamatory campaign against him as well as his family members for political mileage causing irreversible damage to him.
Arun Jailey's actions serve as the backdrop of Kejriwal's allegation against him pertaining to the irregularities and financial discrepancies in the DDCA during his term as president.
