Sehwag, Gambhir back Jaitley amid corruption storm

December 20, 2015 12:48

Facing allegations of corruption, under-fire former Delhi and District Cricket Association President Arun Jaitley today got the backing of the two biggest stars to emerge from the state-- Virender Sehwag and

Gautam Gambhir.

Finance Minister Jaitley, who headed DDCA for 13 years till 2013, has been accused of corruption by the Delhi Government during his tenure. The state government has demanded that Jaitley must resign or be "removed" from the union cabinet to enable an independent probe.

However, Gambhir and Sehwag came out strongly in support of Jaitley.

"Grossly inappropriate 2 blame @arunjaitley ji 4 corruption in DDCA. He was d one who got Delhi a proper stadium widout taxpayer's money. Appalling to note some ex-players blame @arunjaitley ji for all that's wrong in DDCA. Whereas dey enjoyed plum posts in DDCA coz of him," tweeted Gambhir.

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