Kejriwal said his office has files that are only 10-15 days old.
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As soon as the news of the raid broke, AAP fielded a battery of spokespersons and launched a sharp offensive against the Centre on social media with hashtags such as #ModifearsKejriwal and #CowardModi.
Secondly, what exactly is the definition of the “CM’s office”? “They came looking for that file”.
He added that the real motive behind the raids was to comb files pertaining to corruption cases of the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA), headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Foreign currency of the value of Rs 3 lakh was also recovered from the residence of Kumar, CBI sources said. Even though Delhi is not a full state, the autonomy of Chief Minister’s office should not be violated.
A smiling PM Modi offered him the glass of water kept on his table which the AAP member readily drank. It seems that the Delhi Secretariat has become a home for the corrupt people. “Rajender is an excuse”.
Hazare, however, questioned the timing of the raid. Kejriwal had tweeted yesterday “When Modi cudn’t handle me politically, he resorts to this cowardice”. The next tweet was “Modi is coward and psychopath”.
Civil servant Kumar, in a previous role, “abused his official position” by awarding government contracts to a favoured private firm over seven years, along with six others, CBI spokeswoman Devpreet Singh told reporters.
Tuesday’s police raid also triggered chaos in parliament.
“The allegations against Kumar were raised by Ashish Joshi, former Member Secretary, Delhi Dialogue Commission”, the CBI said.
After Jaitley spoke in the Rajya Sabha, the Delhi chief minister shot back: “FM lied in Parliament”.
“If this was not a raid at the CM’s office, then why was CM office’s file movement register of November-December seized?”
We all know that Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s political career rests on his self-professed crusade against corruption.
“I am not scared of Modi’s sly tricks”.
Although a raid on a chief minister is certainly unusual, it is not unprecedented. Kejriwal on Twitter said raids were conducted on his office in the third floor of the Delhi Secretariat.
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Earlier, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi were asked by a court to appear before it on the National Herald funds misuse case, in which Sonia and Rahul are accused of illegal land and property dealings.
