Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday said L.K. Advani won in the hawala case because he had appeared for him but he will be prosecuting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the defamation case filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
“Mr L.K. Advani had Ram Jethamalani (as his lawyer). Now Arun Jaitley is to be prosecuted by me. You take it,” he said.
Mr. Jethmalani was replying to a question on Prime Minister Narendra Modi comparing the charges of corruption against Mr. Jaitley with the hawala case faced by Mr. Advani in the nineties, in which he had come clear at the end.
“All people commit mistakes,” Mr. Jethmalani said when told that Mr. Jaitley, being a lawyer himself, has offered to be cross-examined.
“I don’t make secret of the fact that I don’t like Arun Jaitley.”
Asked whether he has got calls from BJP asking to keep away from the case, Mr. Jethmalani shot back, “What the hell do I care for BJP because at the instance of Arun Jaitley and his coterie I was expelled from the party. In spite of that, I helped Mr. Modi come to power.”
