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Aug 27, 2019, 10 tweets

Today, the DDCA announced that the #FerozShahKotlaStadium will be renamed the Arun Jaitley Stadium in memory of the former finance minister who served as the association's president.

A #thread on our coverage of the alleged corruption in the DDCA under Jaitley's leadership:

Rajat Sharma, the DDCA and the perks of a close friendship with Arun Jaitley.

An extract from our December 2016 cover story, "Our Man in the Studio," by Atul Dev and Praveen Donthi: bit.ly/2L9eew9

The Sound of Silence: External special audit of DDCA reveals gross irregularities of over Rs 14 Crore; Jaitley left unnamed.

From October 2017, @SagarChoudhary_'s report: bit.ly/341tzYf

Embezzlement, fraud, and gross mismanagement: What an external audit of just three years of the DDCA’s books reveals.

From October 2017, @SagarChoudhary_'s report: bit.ly/2ZzcWzS

Despite a damning external audit report, the reform of the DDCA is a long way away.

From October 2017, @SagarChoudhary_'s report: bit.ly/2NuuE54

The DDCA finds itself not-guilty of financial mismanagement.

From July 2016, @KaushalShroff's report: bit.ly/2HHjeY7

Without a court-monitored CBI investigation, Jaitley will never be held responsible for the state of the DDCA.

From June 2016, @KaushalShroff's piece: bit.ly/2HHjoib

How unabated corruption and mismanagement has brought the DDCA to its knees.

From March 2016, Qaiser Mohammad Ali reports: bit.ly/33Yt5SR

The challenge to Jaitley is a challenge to business as usual in Lutyens' Delhi.

From December 2015, @HartoshSinghBal's piece: bit.ly/30AVUmc

How Arun Jaitley ignored corruption in the DDCA during his tenure as its president.

An excerpt from "Talk of The Town," Praveen Donthi's May 2015 profile of Jaitley: bit.ly/2HpmXcs

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