With Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections just around the corner in the national capital, Chief Minister of Delhi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal has landed in trouble again. According to a Times Now report, Kejriwal, who filed a defamation case against Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has written a letter to the Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal seeking his permission to use public money to pay for his court battles.
AAP govt seeking permission to use public money to court pay bills has created a row.
According to reports, the Delhi government informed Baijal that it was necessary for the administrative department to engage Ram Jethmalani to represent Kejriwal in court.
Being one of India’s most expensive lawyers, Ram Jethmalani, has raised a bill of Rs 1 crore. According to The Times Of India, the bill raised by Jethmalani on 1 December, 2016, quotes Rs 1 crore retainer for representing Kejriwal and an additional Rs 22 lakh per appearance.
Jethmalani has made 11 appearances so far in the court, leading to a total of Rs 3.42 crore.
Earlier, Kejriwal was accused of corruption when it was reported that he had constituted a feedback unit which had used Rs 50,000 from the public exchequer.
Arun Jaitley had filed a case against Kejriwal after he had accused him of financial irregularities when he was president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA). He has sought Rs 10 crore in damages in the cases filed in 2015.
Soon after the news about Ram Jethmalani charging huge amount to represent Kejriwal in the court broke, micro blogging site Twitter got flooded with the reactions. Here are the few of them:
Ram Jethmalani charges 22 lakhs for every session he appears in court for you + 1 crore retainer. That’s more expensive than Ranveer singh
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) April 3, 2017
Kejriwal should actually thank jethmalani for bringing him in news. Muffler was underground since electoral defeats
— Typo (@Yourtypo) April 4, 2017
@mediacrooks @ShekharGupta He is torn b/w accused and defendent. So he chooses to go after Jethmalani
— Sanjay Bheemasenarao (@sbheemas) April 4, 2017
Ram Jethmalani bills @ArvindKejriwal Rs 3.42 crore, Delhi government wants taxpayers to pay- whats this nonsense? @arunjaitley @PMOIndia
— महेन्द्र आशा गुप्ता (@mkg123456) April 4, 2017
Kejriwal fooled Delhi people
Jethmalani fooled kejriwal.
Drama continues.— Typo (@Yourtypo) April 4, 2017
@AndColorPockeT Icing on the cake would be when Jethmalani sues @ArvindKejriwal for nonpayment of dues.
— Arvind Patel (@Patel_Arvind) April 4, 2017
Took money from beggars and kids. Give their money to Ram Jethmalani. Kyunki ye imandar sarkar hai #AAPKaNuksaan pic.twitter.com/OlgCDTbPcO
— Ishant Sharma (@CrimeMasterV2) April 4, 2017
Kejriwal getting Govt to pay Ram Jethmalani in private case, is like building hotel on pvt land & making Govt/PWD ministry pay
Corruption.
— Ishkaran S. Bhandari (@Ish_Bhandari) April 3, 2017
So Jethmalani’s fees for his disastrous performance against Jaitley being borne by tax payers of Delhi, revolutionary indeed #AAPKaNuksaan
— Deepak (@deepakmr27) April 3, 2017
