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Venkaiah Naidu: AAP, Congress stand on Jaitley to boomerang

Alleging that both Congress and AAP are attempting to “malign” the reputation of Union finance minister Arun Jaitely over the DDCA issue, Union minister M.

Alleging that both Congress and AAP are attempting to “malign” the reputation of Union finance minister Arun Jaitely over the DDCA issue, Union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said such attempts will boomerang as had happened in the past.

“Congress and the new-found ally AAP are determined to attempt to malign the reputation of the Finance Minister without any basis... They (Congress) have tried to make such baseless allegations against different ministers at different times. But like on other occasions, this will also boomerang on them,” Mr Naidu, parliamentary affairs minister, said here.

It is now known to everybody that the “so-called charges” pertaining to DDCA was investigated during Congress rule and the then UPA government had found “no fraud” and only mentioned some technical and procedural irregularities, he said.

He said that “even the Serious Fruad Investigation Office (SFIO) has given a clean chit to Jaitley by name, “saying there was nothing against him. Now, for cheap political reasons and in order to defame this government, they are making false and baseless allegations.”

Mr Naidu said that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has no “moral right” to criticises BJP or question Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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