AAP gives 'clean chit' to Rajendra Kumar

The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday sprang to the defence of senior bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar, who is facing a Central Bureau of Investigation probe over allegations of corruption, and virtually gave him a 'clean chit'.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh said Kumar, who serves as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary, has a clean service record that spans over 27 years, in which allegations of corruption were never made against him.

"You are asking why Kejriwal kept a corrupt official like Rajendra Kumar. In the last 27 years, there has not been a single allegation of corruption against Kumar. The media should not distort facts. It is also showing that Rs 28 lakh was recovered from his salary account. Does a salary account contain unaccounted money?" Singh asked.

Singh made the comments during a highly charged press conference, where the AAP attacked Union finance minister Arun Jaitley for alleged financial bungling in the Delhi District Cricket Association.

Kumar, a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Services officer, is facing probe for purportedly favouring a software firm in his capacity as a senior bureaucrat in the Sheila Dikshit-led Congress dispensation.