Arvind Kejriwal ko gussa kyon aata hai?

After day-long raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation at the Delhi Secretariat, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal looked directly into the television cameras, struck an aggressive pose, pointed his index finger and sent out a warning to the Prime Minister: “Modiji, others might get scared of your strong arm tactics – CBI raids etc. I’m not intimidated. You don’t know as yet what mettle I am made of. I will fight for the country till my last breath.”

Earlier in the day, he had taken to Twitter to label PM Modi a “coward and a psychopath”, later refusing to retract his invective. 

The histrionics on display did enough to project a CBI raid as a direct confrontation between Modi and Kejriwal. The Chief Minister had successfully upped the stakes and grabbed the national headlines.

He then went a step further and levelled a direct accusation against one of the most important ministers in the Modi Cabinet: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, a charge that was bound to make the government squirm.

Kejriwal alleged the CBI raids were aimed at getting hold of an inquiry committee file relating to the functioning of the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA), of which Jaitley is a past president. “Yeh file hai DDCA ka file jiske andar Arun Jaitley phas rahe hain (This file pertains to the DDCA probe in which Arun Jaitley is getting trapped),” Kejriwal said.

Arvind Kejriwal tweets 'office raided by CBI', calls Modi a 'coward' and 'psychopath'

A massive political row erupted between the Delhi government and the Centre after CBI raided CM Arvind Kejriwal’s office at Delhi Secretariat this morning with Kejriwal lashing out at the Prime Minister labeling him a “coward and a pychopath.”

While the CBI maintained that the raid was in connection with a corruption case against his Principal Secretary Rajender Kumar, the AAP government questioned why the Chief Minister’s office on the third floor was sealed and office files searched.
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Refusing to accept the government explanation, AAP has mobilized its workers to get ready to hit the streets in protest against the BJP’s attck on a democratically elected government.      
ALSO READ: CBI raid not against Kejriwal: Arun Jaitley                                      Charging the Centre with “political vendetta”, the issue echoed in the Parliament as well with Opposition Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien raising it in the Rajya Sabha. Leader of House Arun Jaitley clarified that the CM has not been raided and it was in connection with a corruption case against an officer in the Chief minister’s staff. He added, that the CBI had raided 14 other places as well.  

A livid Kejriwal took to Twitter to lash out against PM Modi and the Central government.

While whole morning AAP fielded its spokespersons to lash out against the BJP led Centre claiming that it could not come to terms with their humiliating defeat in Delhi and was hence targetting the AAP through the CBI, BJP too hit back with Prakash Javadekar alleging that the CM was “supporting corruption” and described his comments on the PM as “atrocious.” 
This fresh round of confrontation between the Delhi Government and the Centre has also provided fresh ammunition to the Congress led Opposition which had been gunning against the government on charges of “political vendetta." 

This is the second instance of a CBI raid on a chief ministers office in the NDA regime. Recently Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadhra Singh’s office and residence were raided.