Kejriwal accuses centre of ordering CBI to target opposition parties

Jaitley has denied any wrongdoings and the CBI also said that only files related to Kumar were searched in the raid, and its action was not linked to DDCA files. “The committee has submitted its report and a commission of inquiry was to be set up over it, and a file pertaining to it was in my office”, alleged Kejriwal.

The agency on Tuesday carried out searches at his office, which is in the same premises as that of Kejriwal, triggering a political storm with Aam Aadmi Party accusing the Centre of misusing CBI.

Trinamool Congress today batted for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Lok Sabha and hit out at the government over the CBI raids on his principal secretary’s office alleging that the agency had become Gujarat Bureau of Investigation (GBI) under the Modi government.

Ever since the dramatic event has unfolded, the AAP has been heavily criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party, with Kejrwial even going to term the Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “psychopath” and “coward”.

Targeting the finance minister, AAP alleged that in 2006, Jaitley had declared assets of Rs 23.86 crore and in 2012 he declared Rs 120 crore.

On December 17, Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain had tweeted, “Centre now demoralised many Delhi government officials, many of whom fear they might be targeted just for working with the Kejriwal govt (sic)”.

Senior bureaucrats of the Delhi government met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday and urged him to ensure a “conducive atmosphere” that would allow them to work in a “free and neutral manner”. “Will the Chief Minister hand over Rajendra Kumar’s case to the Lokayukta?” said Gupta.

“The CBI categorically denies having seized any material during searches that are not relevant to its investigation. The allegations against Rajendra Kumar were raised by Ashish Joshi, former member secretary, Delhi Dialogue Commission”, the agency said.

In a series of tweets, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today posted a picture of the documents taken by the CBI and said the documents taken were not related to the allegation, being probed by them.

He also maintained that the AAP very much stood for the CBI’s independence and there was no change in the party’s stand.