Jaitley had also alleged that they had made pecuniary gains by associating with 21st Century Media Pvt Ltd, a sports management firm.This happened a week after CBI raided the chief minister's secretariat. This triggered allegations by AAP against Jaitley in the affairs of the Delhi's cricket body DDCA. Jaitley then took the legal recourse saying the AAP leaders' "malicious and defamatory" campaign was causing irreversible damage to him.On January 5, Jaitley had appeared in the court and had recorded his statement as the complainant witness in the case. He had told the court that Kejriwal and five AAP leaders had made "false and defamatory" statements.The finance minister had rejected the charge that he had syphoned off money from DDCA for his own benefit. (With inputs from PTI)

Source: Times of India October 19, 2016 11:49 UTC