Court order exposes Modi Government’s blatant misuse of CBI

Special Court’s order about release of documents, which were seized by the CBI during raid on Delhi Secretariat, has only vindicated Aam Aadmi Party’s stand that the target of CBI raid at Delhi Secretariat was Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and not Mr. Rajendra Kumar. The court order has made clear that the CBI had arbitrarily seized documents from Chief Minister’s office, which were not related to the case they claimed they were investigating. Court’s order today has completely exposed Modi Government’s blatant misuse of the CBI.

Reacting to the court order Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi unit Convenor Dilip Pandey said that the CBI raid was a ploy to unsettle the popular Aam Aadmi Party government. “Aam Aadmi Party’s consistent fight against Bhartiya Janata Party had exposed its politics of hatred. Rattled by humiliating loss in Bihar elections, Narendra Modi Government had unleashed the CBI to terrorize the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi,” he said.

“The BJP-led government at the Centre also knew that the Delhi Government had initiated a probe against monumental corruption in DDCA under Finance Minister Arun Jaitely. They also knew that there was ample evidence on record that could create trouble for Arun Jaitley. The CBI raid was aimed at seeing the DDCA probe file and terrorize the bureaucrats so that no action is taken in the DDCA scam,” said Dilip pandey and added,”It’s shocking that the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley lied on the floor of Rajya Sabha and claimed that the raid was not on Chief Minster’s Office and the case had nothing to do with Arvind Kejriwal’s tenure as Chief Minister. Today’s court order has nailed Arun Jaitley’s lie. Documents, which had nothing to with the case registered with the CBI and only related to Chief Minister’s work were seized. We had presented the seizure memo that showed that Cabinet notes and file movement register was taken away by the CBI. CBI and the Centre, both had denied it categorically, but today’s court order has exposed how CBI is still working as political tool of the party in power,” said Dilip Pandey.

The Aam Aadmi Party today asks following questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley:

1. Why did the CBI seize documents which had no connection with the case it was investigating and were solely related to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s work?

2. Does it not show that, contrary to your claim, the target of the CBI raid was Arvind Kejriwal and not Rajendra Kumar?

3. Why did Arun Jaitley as Finance Minister of the country lie on the floor of Rajya Sabha and mislead the house?

4. You had promised to make CBI an independent investigative agency, doesn’t today’s order flatten your claim? Was that another election jumla?