Aam Admi Party founder and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal recently accused the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of corruption and misappropriation of funds within local cricket. The Delhi government has demanded Jaitley's resignation from his post at the Centre.
Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma and others have come out in support of Jaitley and all of them have resorted to Twitter to voice their opinion.
Jaitley was at the helm of the Delhi and District Cricket Association for 13 years until 2013.
Jaitley has files defamation cases against the Delhi CM and five other AAP leaders -- Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpai.
Grateful to have @arunjaitley ji as the president of our association He has always wanted to improve the game & help cricketers in everyway
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) December 20, 2015
Was a nightmare to speak to some others at DDCA but @arunjaitley ji was always available for players in case of any difficulty at any time — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 20, 2015
In my time with DDCA if I ever came to know of any 'surprising' selection of a player, all I needed to do was to inform @arunjaitley
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 20, 2015
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. — GGF (@GautamGambhir) December 20, 2015
Grossly inappropriate 2 blame @arunjaitley ji 4 corruption in DDCA. He was d one who got Delhi a proper stadium widout taxpayer's money.
— GGF (@GautamGambhir) December 20, 2015
.@arunjaitley ji has always been helpful, fair and kind in all my interactions with him #DDCA — Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) December 20, 2015
@arunjaitley Ji always ensured top facilities for Delhi cricketers and players like me, from humble background always benefited under him.
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) December 20, 2015
It's appalling to see @arunjaitley Ji 's name being dragged #DDCA Infact he was always there for the players and cricket . — Mithun Manhas (@Iammithunmanhas) December 20, 2015