Ajay Gupta has denied that he ever met former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas. In a statement sent to the Commission into State Capture Ajay Gupta says he was not even at his home in Saxonwold on the day of the alleged meeting of the 23rd of October saying he has alibis at his Oakbay offices in Sandton who can attest to his presence there that day. Gupta was responding to allegations made by Jonas that Ajay Gupta tried to bribe and intimidate him into accepting the position of Finance Minister in 2015.