AMN /
The Union Home ministry has declared the probe ordered by the Delhi government into alleged irregularities in Delhi and District Cricket Association, DDCA, as unconstitutional and illegal.
Earlier, the Lt Governor office has said the Delhi government has no jurisdiction or power to set up a commission of inquiry under the law. It said the elected government of Delhi is neither the central government nor the state government under the provisions of Commissions of Inquiry Act.
Last month, Mr Kejriwal had appointed former Solicitor General and top lawyer Gopal Subramanium to investigate the alleged irregularities in the the cricket body.
From 2000 to 2013, Mr Jaitley served as president of the organization. Kirti Azad, former national cricketer and a BJP parliamentarian, has been suspended by the party for targeting Mr Jaitley and demanding a CBI inquiry into financial and other irregularities at the DDCA.
A committee of three members, also appointed by Mr Kejriwal’s government to study the DDCA, did not mention Mr Jaitley in a nearly 250-page report that it submitted last month. Its findings were treated by the Chief Minister as a preliminary assessment; he then tasked Mr Subramanium to investigate the matter in detail.