Arvind Kejriwal lashes out at Narendra Modi after CBI ‘raids’ his office
CBI said they were searching office of a senior bureaucrat who was caught taking bribe.
.jpg "Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia speak to the media in Delhi (Photo: PTI)")
CBI said they were searching office of a senior bureaucrat who was caught taking bribe.
New Delhi:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed the CBI has raided his office in central Delhi and launched a no holds barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was resorting to -"cowardice-".
The Chief Minister, who is involved in a prolonged tussle with the Centre, accused the Modi government of resorting to vendetta politics and came down heavily on the agency for the raids at Players Building.
-"CBI raids my office,-" Kejriwal tweeted on Tuesday morning.
-"When Modi cudn't handle me politically, he resorts to this cowardice. Modi is a coward and psychopath,-" he said in another tweet expressing his anguish over the raids.
CBI raids my office
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 15, 2015When Modi cudn't handle me politically, he resorts to this cowardice
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 15, 2015CBI Spokesperson said the searches were being conducted at the office of the Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar and that details would be shared later.
Sources said that a team of CBI officials went to the Delhi Secretariat, which houses office of Kejriwal and other ministers in the morning and conducted the search in the third floor of the building.
They said the search may be in connection with the multi-crore CNG fitness scam.
Sources said that there were allegations that Kejriwal's Principal Secretary was linked to the scam but the senior IAS officer as well as AAP government have been rejecting the charges.
CBI lying. My own office raided. Files of CM office are being looked into. Let Modi say which file he wants
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 15, 2015
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 15, 2015The third floor of the secretariat also houses Kejriwal's office.
The AAP government has been locked in a running feud with the Centre over the control of important functions like law and order, police and land.
Meanwhile, the CBI said it has registered a case against Secretary to the Chief Minister, Rajendra Kumar on allegations of abusing his official position by -"favouring a particular firm in the last few years in getting tenders from Delhi government departments.-"
-"After taking warrants, searches are being conducted in the office and residence of Rajendra Kumar. The allegations against Rajendra Kumar were raised by Ashish Joshi, former Member Secretary, Delhi Dialogue Commission,-" the agency said.
Reacting to Kejriwal’s charge against Modi, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu said that it has become a 'fashion' for the Delhi Chief Minister to bicker with the Centre and blame them for everything.
-"It has become fashion for Delhi Chief Minister to quarrel with Central Government and to take Prime Minister's name for everything. Prime Minister has nothing to do with this. There is a law, there is a Constitution and law has to take its own course,-" Naidu said.