New Delhi: A day after he was suspended from the party, BJP MP from Darbhanga, Kirti Azad, today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party high command to specify the reasons behind his suspension.
"I want the PM to tell me what my fault is. I want specific answers. I have much to tell, but I don't want to embarrass anyone. What is the point of attacking from the back?" Azad said.
The BJP on Wednesday suspended Kirti Azad, who has alleged large-scale corruption in Delhi's cricket body when it was headed by now Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
"I want to know specifically the charges which are levelled against me. I want to know what are the anti-parties activities that I have done in the last few months. This is a matter of serious corruption and I have fought against it for the last nine months. I have not joined hands with AAP or Congress," he said.
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Wondering how the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) could be a party matter, the cricketer-turned-politician said, "This is not an internal matter of the BJP. I have been exposing corruption in cricket for almost a decade now. In that case, even the BCCI should be a BJP matter."
Azad further said that he will respond to the suspension notice with the help of party leader Subramanian Swamy.
"I have received notice, will respond to it. Subramanian Swamy has told me that he will help me in drafting reply to the notice," Azad said.
Azad also denied he is framing Jaitley in the DDCA row saying
Meanwhile, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has confirmed that he would assist Azad in replying to the notice.
"I confirm this that I will assist Kirti Azad on the draft notice from party. I know him since when he was a boy, I was a good friend of his father. Further I will say he is still member of BJP. I have every right to assist him. I don't think party should lose such a honest person like him," Swamy said.
Azad also requested the Prime Minister to look into the issue and ensure him justice. "I have great respect for Modi ji and full faith in him. I hope the Prime Minister will listen to my plea and do justice. I would also ask the 'Marg Darshak Mandal' to come forward and look into this issue."
