Jaitley cannot take shield of party discipline, a combative Azad tells BJP

January 01, 2016 16:40

Unfazed by the prospect of his expulsion from BJP, suspended MP Kirti Azad today again attacked the Finance Minister and told the party that Arun Jaitley cannot take the shield of party discipline as the

Delhi cricket body issue has no link with BJP.

In his point by point rebuttal of the charges in the show cause notice slapped on him by the party yesterday, Azad said he had been pursuing the issue of "corruption" in the Delhi and District Cricket Association for the past nine years "without any let up" and was not even once told by BJP not to pursue it.

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