Arvind Kejriwal dented my reputation, says Arun Jaitley

New Delhi: Union finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday charged chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with making “a series of false, scandalous and defamatory allegations” with regard to the alleged DDCA controversy which had “adversely impacted” his reputation.

During a stormy proceeding in a Delhi court, the CM and five other AAP leaders, facing criminal defamation case lodged by the Union minister, attempted in vain to get the recording of Mr Jaitley’s testimony stalled on grounds including that Mr Kejriwal has had to engage a lawyer to replace jurist Ram Jethmalani, who had had a bitter fallout with him recently. AAP leaders Ashutosh, Kumar Vishwas and Sanjay Singh, also sought adjournment on the ground that their lawyers were unwell. Their plea was rejected by the court, which went ahead with recording of the statement.