Arvind Kejriwal targets Modi after CBI raids his secretary

New Delhi: A full-blown political war erupted between the Centre and the Opposition, particularly the Aam Aadmi Party, over a CBI raid at the office of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday morning.

While Mr Kejriwal claimed there was a CBI raid at his office and that it had been sealed, the CBI clarified there was no raid at the Chief Minister’s office and the investigating team was only searching his principal secretary Rajendra Kumar’s workplace at the Players Building, home of the Delhi Secretariat.

Going on the offensive, the Delhi CM called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “psycopath” and a “coward”, and the issue reverberated in Parliament, where finance minister Arun Jaitley made a statement claiming there was no raid at the chief minister’s office.

An angry Opposition, however, forced three adjournments in the House over the issue by shouting slogans, alleging an “attack on the federal structure” and claiming there was an “undeclared Emergency” in the country.

In Kolkata, West Bengal chief minister and Trinamul supremo Mamata Banerjee said she was “shocked” by the raid. In response to a tweet from Ms Banerjee, Mr Kejriwal said: “Didi this is an undeclared emergency”.