DDCA row: Arun Jaitley slaps defamation case against Kejriwal, five others

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed a civil defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party leaders in the city court.

In the presence of over 500 supporters and senior party leaders, Arun Jaitley arrived at Patiala House court for filing the defamation case against Kejriwal.

He was accompanied by party leaders Smriti Irani, Venkaiah Naidu, Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore, JP Nadda and Mahesh Giri. Before this, the Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay and other senior leaders Jagdish Mukhi, Vijendra Gupta along with hundreds of patry workers gathered outside the gate number 2 of Patiala House court complex.

AJaitley leaves Patiala House Court after filing criminal defamation case against AKejriwal, other AAP leaders #DDCA

The workers were chanting slogans against Kejriwal. "Gali Gali mein shor hai Kejriwal chor hai, Arun Jaitley Zindabad," were the slogans raised by party workers. A huge number of security personnel including two companies of CRPF and local Delhi police deployed at the court.

Jaitley accused AAP leaders of issuing false and defamatory cases against him and his family members.

The defamation case against Kejriwal, Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpayee was filed by Jaitley over the leaders' comments on the alleged irregularities in Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA).

Jaitley, who was the president of DDCA till 2013, has rubbished the allegations against his family members.