Sehwag and Gambhir come out in support of Arun Jaitley

The Delhi players have dismissed the allegations against their former president

Delhi and India stalwarts, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, have backed the former Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) president and the incumbent Finance Minister of India, Mr. Arun Jaitley, over the recent controversy of him being involved in the corrupt practices that took place in the board during his 13-year reign which ended in 2013.

The two veteran batsmen used Twitter to express their solidarity and support for Jaitley through a series of tweets. While Sehwag said that the former president was always available for the players at any time, as opposed to some of the other DDCA members, Gambhir went a step further and called the ex-players’ accusations against the politician as ‘appalling.’

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

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

Sehwag remembered the days when he was associated with the association, and recalled that whenever there was any undue advantage given to any of the players, all he had to do was inform the then president and corrective measures would immediately be taken to provide justice to all players.

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

And @arunjaitley Ji would immediately ensure correction and justice for the deserving players at #DDCA

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 20, 2015

Gambhir called the allegations of corruption as ‘inappropriate’ and said that Jaitley was the one responsible for getting Delhi a proper cricket stadium in the first place.

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

These comments from the cricketers come in the light of recent events wherein the tainted DDCA is grappling with charges of corruption and wrong-doings, and also owes huge sums of money to various clients in the form of taxes.

In a recent development, the Delhi High Court has ordered that the ICC World T20 games scheduled to be held in the state, cannot be played unless DDCA acquires a completion certificate and requisite compliances.

Unearthing the state of affairs, Jaitely’s critics have been blaming him for turning a blind eye to practices that happened within the DDCA when he was at the helm, which has already created a ruckus in the Winter Session of the Parliament.

The most vocal of the critics, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has levelled the charges of financial irregularities, siphoning off money through fake companies and undue favours during team selection. However, the DDCA has time and again, rubbished the charges and has termed them as baseless.

The association’s working president Chetan Chauhan offered a point by point rebuttal of all the charges while also clearly demarcating the expenses incurred during Feroz Shah Kotla’s renovation and thereby asserting that were no financial compromises.

The support from Sehwag and Gambhir comes as a massive boost for the tainted cabinet minister, who was nevertheless unfettered by the scheme of things, as he said that the case was a part of ‘propaganda technique’ to deflect th