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Modi is a coward and a psychopath, says Delhi CM Kejriwal

AFP Published December 15, 2015
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NEW DELHI: Delhi's Chief Minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal said his office had been raided by federal investigators on Tuesday, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of waging a political vendetta against his administration.

"CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) raids my office," Kejriwal, the leader of the anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), said on Twitter.

“When Modi (could not) handle me politically, he resorts to this cowardice... Modi is a coward and a psychopath," the Delhi CM tweeted.

There was no immediate comment from the CBI, but India television cited sources in the bureau as saying the raid was against Kejriwal's principal secretary Rajendra Kumar.

Kejriwal and Modi are bitter rivals and even stood against each other at last year's general election in the Varanasi constituency.

Although Kejriwal was beaten by Modi in the general election, he then oversaw a dramatic landslide victory over Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in polls at the start of the year in the Delhi state assembly.

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Saad
Dec 15, 2015 11:20am
Same people. Same faces. Same type of politics on both sides of the border. Just names are different. Thats all!!
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Rohit
Dec 15, 2015 11:23am
Kejriwal and Modi are bitter rivals and even stood against each other at last year's general election in the Varanasi constituency. ---------------- Thats a funny one.....Kejriwal is no rival of PM Modi and he stood against Modi in the elections (there was no each other business). Modi can win any seat He chooses Pan India
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Kadva sach
Dec 15, 2015 11:23am
Yup, everyone who is against Kejri is a coward and a psychopath.
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Ahmed USA
Dec 15, 2015 11:24am
Arvind Kejriwal is a statesman... and is rarely wrong...
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Desi Dimag
Dec 15, 2015 11:24am
Khujliwal emerged as a dirtiest politician.
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kuttathi
Dec 15, 2015 11:26am
Who is talking here?A person who wanted Gandhian Anna Hazare to win election became a well wisher of Lalu Prasad Yadav.Who acted as an Aam Aadmi destroyed a slum without any prior notice.Modi bashing will not help him to get back his credibility.Let us wait for the next election
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Ahmed USA
Dec 15, 2015 11:29am
... and Imran Khan met and publicly praised his meeting with Modi...
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Thorin
Dec 15, 2015 11:33am
LOL, Kejriwal has been caught with having a corrupt official do deals for him. That is why he is running around blaming Modi. He knows if he is caught in this case, his hallow will disappear into thin air about him Honest guy.
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Blue Saffron
Dec 15, 2015 11:36am
My brothers in Pakistan who don't know Kejriwal that well. He has been known to create unnecessary fuss when things don't work out well for him. In last one year since coming to power, PM Modi has not even said a word about or on Kejriwal. Kejriwal just wants to remain in limelight by accusing PM, and also blaming all the failures of his govt on the national govt You may or may not like Narendra Modi, but he surely is a nationalist who is trying to bring things back on track. I love Nawaz Sharif too, for the way he has increased Pakistans stature in last 2 years. From being a country completely overshadowed by terrorism, we see a liberal wave in Pakistan these days Surely one year could have been utilized properly by discussing things between 2 nations, but mistakes happened. Time to move forward. Please, my fellow brothers and sisters of South Asia, Start recognizing real politicians who want to do something for their country, and not the ones who just want to make their careers.
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kashyap
Dec 15, 2015 11:40am
Corruption is not going to be tolerated in india. He (kejriwal) win election on the basis of disparging of Ex-CM of delhi on corruption then why he is crying on CBI raid for corruption.
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ASif Khan
Dec 15, 2015 11:42am
@Saad I completely agree with you ,we are dealing with same kind of politicians
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mohanmusic@aol.co.uk
Dec 15, 2015 11:50am
@Blue Saffron super nicely said
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Rohit
Dec 15, 2015 11:58am
@Blue Saffron @mohanmusic@aol.co.uk Second that......Well Said!
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Jahangir
Dec 15, 2015 12:06pm
But our Leader Mr Imran Khan is saying that Modi is changing. So, please kejriwal stop cause our Imran Khan is praising him then who are you to point finger at Modi?
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Angry Pitbull
Dec 15, 2015 12:09pm
I would like to ask some open question to Delites: 1, Are you people really happy under AAP rule? 2, Is there any difference in the delhi governance? 3, How is the corruption in Delhi before and now? 4, what about election promises made by Mr.Kejriwal?
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citizen
Dec 15, 2015 12:13pm
We are listening to u, we are reading about u... We are waiting for u, to go soon!
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shazia khan
Dec 15, 2015 12:14pm
@Blue Saffron
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Naxalite
Dec 15, 2015 12:14pm
And The Winter Round Begins...
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wellwisher
Dec 15, 2015 12:20pm
why Kejriwal got disturbed because a corrupt official is raided.Is he also beneficiary
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Salim Khan
Dec 15, 2015 12:22pm
When your tweet is re tweeted by more than 3000 tweeterattis then you know he is hugely popular in India. Even Obama the most popular leader of the world does not get that much of response.
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INDIAN!
Dec 15, 2015 12:28pm
@Angry Pitbull I'm a delhiite and thus eligible to answer that. It's just been a year since AAP came into power. If you think there'll be progress in Delhi at a very high speed, you're wrong.. Things take time. Similarly, those who say the modi govt hasn't done enough since they came into power; I feel now is the time for modi govt to show results.. They've settled down quite well. They've improved relations with the most important nations India trades with and now is the time they deliver... As a delhiite, I'm neither too happy not too sad. I'd give my chief minister some time as I gave my PM, though I don't support any of them personally!
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Dhanku
Dec 15, 2015 12:38pm
Kejriwal is silliest politician I've ever seen. His policies are all rubbish - hiking up salaries 400%, odd-even numbered cars etc . His political journey is marked by silliest decisions I've ever heard of. I dont think he'll be able to make it any further than his current term.
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Sunil
Dec 15, 2015 12:49pm
When politicians, who think they are above the law, are investigated, make it a political issue.
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baloch
Dec 15, 2015 01:01pm
@Ahmed USA i think, you ppl see Imran khan in your dreams as well, what fear you have(all other parties)
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Sumit
Dec 15, 2015 01:03pm
There are great similarities in between today's politicians of India Pakistan 1. Both countries ruling parties and their PM's are pro business. eg- Modi and Nawaz 2. Both countries main opposition leaders are prince. eg- Rahul and bilawal 3. Both countries has a leader who talk about tabdeeli but all the time they keep crying and blaming others. eg- Kejriwal and IK
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Dipak Singh
Dec 15, 2015 01:18pm
@Salim Khan Brother you get wrong here.. he caught that much of response due to his Tweet relate to Modi.. you need to read comments also what is indicating, whether support to AK or Modi?
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TruthSayer
Dec 15, 2015 01:19pm
@kuttathi truely said let's wait for next election and will see how this patriotic party(BJP) will win election.As per them if you are not supporting them then you are anti-national and have no rights to live in country.
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auginpk
Dec 15, 2015 01:27pm
Delhi chief minister is not yet politically mature. Like last time without majority in assembly he formed government with outside support from congress, which in no time withdrew support and his government fell flat. And in Indian politics, congress has harassed lot many people. Still he is pushing for reporting of Delhi police to Delhi government. What is guarantee that if Delhi police will report to him then he will not harrass parliamentarians. He has to establish his maturity.
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TruthSayer
Dec 15, 2015 01:28pm
@Blue Saffron How can one forget about the campaigning of Delhi and Bihar election. The way Modi was using personal remarks at opponents, it was never felt that a Prime minister was speaking. It's was told by then many of the BJP leaders in Delhi and Bihar. Which was the main reason of the so poorly defeat of the party in both the election.
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indian
Dec 15, 2015 01:33pm
Party wch stands against corruption n came to power for the same reason is crying when it is raided for corruption. Double std at its peak arvind.
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Haider
Dec 15, 2015 01:35pm
@Ahmed USA Imran Khan said Modi is a calm and relaxed person listens to you carefully...Thats it...Imran still said Modi should act as a statesman and when asked two statesmen in Indian subcontinent he did not give ans later to another question he said Mandela and Gandhi
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Satish Kumar Dogra
Dec 15, 2015 01:54pm
It is shameful on the part of a Chief Minister to call the Prime Minister a 'psychopath'. It is equally irresponsible of him to start jumping around because the CBI has conducted a raid. The CBI is manned by hand-picked IPS officers from different states of India. They don't behave like some Head Constable who goes and arrests someone on instructions from a local politician. Kejrival's remark shows utter immaturity, nervousness, lack of mental balance and lack of respect for India's democratic institutions.
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Blue Saffron
Dec 15, 2015 01:56pm
@TruthSayer . I am not saying that PM Modi is a model politician. He is a self proclaimed right winger. He always attacks the politicians on their performances. In Bihar and Delhi, the PM crossed the line and he was justifiably punished by Indian voters. But i have never seen PM blaming all the problems on other people, just because he can't find answers. Kejriwal has been very aggressively pursuing PM Modi since the day he decided to fight from Varanasi constituency. He is trying to make a name for himself at the expense of current PM of India. I respect Kejriwal for giving this country a mass movement against corruption, but he has not done anything since then besides defaming the PM. For Kejriwal, any problem, be at rape, pollution, global warming, etc, only Narendra Modi is to blame.
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Irfan
Dec 15, 2015 02:02pm
@Haider Wasn't aware that Mandela was from Indian sub continent.
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Sanket Sharma
Dec 15, 2015 02:06pm
Once I had high regard for Kejriwal. Power corrupts people. And his tweet talks a lot about him rather than about Modi. Such dirty language and still people complain about rising intolerance.
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rehan
Dec 15, 2015 02:12pm
This is is hilarious . Now I will read some of the comments by our sweet Indian friends.
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Atam Vetta
Dec 15, 2015 02:13pm
Strange, Kejriwal is defending a corrupt civil servant simply because the latter is his Secretary. Apparently, the accusation of corruption against this person go back to a few years and he is reported to be declining to disclose his computer passwords to the CBI. "Aagey, aagey dekhiay hota hai kiya".
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yellow
Dec 15, 2015 02:24pm
correct!!
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MD
Dec 15, 2015 02:33pm
Kejriwal is a true statesman, and he has spoken 100% truth.
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Rajkumar
Dec 15, 2015 03:06pm
@Satish Kumar Dogra Don't try to fool your neighbours. CBI has been used all along to harass opposition, earlier by Congress now by BJP.
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N
Dec 15, 2015 03:16pm
@INDIAN! I dont know how you guys asks for results when you guys clears not ready to show the results from your AAP govt, also CBI is an independent organisation govt wont interfere into their matters,
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Rony
Dec 15, 2015 03:17pm
CBI raided on Mr.Kejriwal office (CM of the Capital of India) was unprecedented.....CBI sending bad signals to the outside World.....
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Rajkumar
Dec 15, 2015 03:35pm
@N CBI is independent - Really!! Why Mayawati and Mulayam are not probed?
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anshul
Dec 15, 2015 03:38pm
Both are same when it comes to madness levels, but this also true they are very much needed in Indian politics.
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anshul
Dec 15, 2015 03:42pm
I would side kejri on this modi should let him work freely.
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Sri
Dec 15, 2015 03:59pm
Now that kejriwal is saying it, I'm sure its a lie
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M M AMIN
Dec 15, 2015 04:00pm
Modi should challenge Arvind K. to retrieve his honor!
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Sri
Dec 15, 2015 04:00pm
@Ahmed USA no sir..he is the biggest opportunist with no scruples at all..this is coming from someone who lives in his state..
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HS
Dec 15, 2015 04:16pm
Why so much cry on a raid. CBI do this on day basis. If kejri has done nothing wrong then he should not be worried. He is aam(ordinary) admi (man) why expect khas(special) treatment. His party named as aam admi (common/ordinary man party)
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xapic
Dec 15, 2015 04:26pm
@Ahmed USA Kejariwal is wrong 90% :-). believe me.. he is a type of person who can't deliever and all its politics is revolved and evolved around allegations. nothing else.
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Ashok
Dec 15, 2015 04:27pm
@Salim Khan Its not because of Kejriwal popularity.... its because of Mr. Modi popularity
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xapic
Dec 15, 2015 04:32pm
@Angry Pitbull being a delhite i can tell, kejariwal won only by promising lot of things which he can't do even in his whole life and by appeasing minorities . That's it. if elections goes now, he is not going to come in power again. In Delhi people just wanted to try third option and it totally went wrong and got failed. he is a person who was failed in all fields he tried with and in politics also he is big looser, but can't run because politics is about power and he is cm for 5 years unfortunatly
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Harish
Dec 15, 2015 04:39pm
@Rony Please correct yourself, see some news. CBI didn't raid CM office but an official rajendra but as always keajri made blunder, how CBI can dare to raid his officials? 3 of his main cabinet ministers are jailed in false degree charges and in serious crimes. So polic/cbi should not work when it comes to kejariwal?> just because he is self claimed honest person in the world?
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Real Pakistani
Dec 15, 2015 04:46pm
@Blue Saffron And it does sound fishy that the CM's office is raided by CBI, a federal government agency. That is harassment.
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Riaz
Dec 15, 2015 04:58pm
@Sumit: very well put :)
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Hussain
Dec 15, 2015 05:25pm
AK is absolutely right this time.
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Murali - Neutral Indian
Dec 15, 2015 05:26pm
Modi and his supporters can stoop to any low any day. AK is right 100%. Modi's supporters are one brainwashed lot.
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Changez_Khan
Dec 15, 2015 05:30pm
Agree with CM.
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Murali - Neutral Indian
Dec 15, 2015 05:32pm
@Sri Upper caste Hindi speakers in North India have supported BJP just to further their own selfish interests and grandiose ideas of a Hindu- dominated India. BJP and Modi are zero in the south.
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SHYAM LAL DADHICHI
Dec 15, 2015 05:40pm
Since Kejriwal has defeated BJP in election, they have not been able to digest this fact. They want to bring him down by hook or by crook but people are behind him.
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Another Indian
Dec 15, 2015 05:52pm
Well.. Kejriwal, what else did you expect when you capitalized Dadri and spun "intolerance movement" against Modi? Its politics.. The more shrewd wins..
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khanm
Dec 15, 2015 06:16pm
In order to rule in India and specially Pakistan... One has to be a psychopath and a sociopath.. do you sincerely believe that morality and ethics really matters... Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.
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Aziz
Dec 15, 2015 06:23pm
@Rohit Really what happened in Delhi then, remember 67/70
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Shyam
Dec 15, 2015 06:54pm
New low of Kejriwal, after giving him & his MLA's 400% salary hike.
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someone
Dec 15, 2015 07:18pm
@Blue Saffron Kejriwal did not give any mass movement. It was Anna Hazare and Ramdev's Ramleela ground agitation that Kejriwal used as launch pad for his political career.
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pulak Mukherjee
Dec 15, 2015 07:26pm
Kerjiwal was the first who reversed the so-called Modi charisma after successive victories in other states. He not only defeated BJP in their own so-called citadel (all municipal committees are incidentally have been under BJP control ) but inflicted a humiliating defeat to the BJP Modi himself leading the election campaign along with all the big-gun leaders. The humiliation and shame suffered by BJP metamorphosed into all-out efforts to cripple Kejriwal-led AAP party. Part of Delhi government functions like Home, Land etc. being controlled by the BJP which is power in the center, came in handy to make Mr. Kejriwal's functioning a miserable tug-of-war between BJP and his party. remaining Kejriwal's reaction to this dirty political vendetta is therefore, understandable. If Mr. Modi really cares for his image as a statesman he should leave Kejriwal alone and jettison the burden of vendetta against him.
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Truth
Dec 15, 2015 07:42pm
@Angry Pitbull Even though AAP has been in the govt for short time, the maturity of AAP govt with the controversies such as fake degrees, etc have been a let down. However, Delhi govt has limited powers due to the city state being part of central govt powers as well. So, AAp govt govt gets lower marks due to controversies and Kejriwal's attitude and maturity and irresponsible knee jerk reactions. May be score of 2 on 5 scale. Modi on the other hand gets 3.0 on 5 scale as he has tried and trying his best to get the things moving , but hands are tied due to opposition attitude in Parliament disruptions and policy paralysis due to congress. But Modi also loses marks on mishandling of religious issues run amok by his party members and Modi not taking any action against anybody on that front which is very important in the Indian context.
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ROHIT PANDEY
Dec 15, 2015 08:03pm
Arvind Kejriwal's is a funny guy, really? a) His Law Minister was found to have a fake law degree. b) He used to flay Lalu Prasad Yadav for his conviction in a $130 million scam, till he hugged him in Patna after his win in Bihar elections. c)He has given his MLA's a 400% increase in salary. d) He promises free wi fi to all the citizens of Delhi, and I really dont know what came of that promise? Quite funny....and his principal secretary's office was raided, and not his own?:):):)
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DR ASHFAQ AHMED MANGI
Dec 15, 2015 08:37pm
You are right ! Mr Kejriwal ! Modi is typically extremist , he dont want to see any other religion growing and strengthening in the country.
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Udayakumar
Dec 15, 2015 09:08pm
@kashyap Is the CBI raiding corruption everywhere in India?. For instance looting 1000s of crores from the exchequer. Is claining 2.5 Lakhs from a principal secratary the greatest corruption CBI discovered in India? There are millions of provision shops who evades lakhs of Rupees every year. If there is foreign money then it is the duty of IT department to raid and not CBI. This oviously is the ugliest and cheapest misuse of a prime organisation to settle political scores. Only a Psychopath will stoop so low.
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Udayakumar
Dec 15, 2015 09:19pm
@Desi Dimag May be. But the news is not about Kujliwal but about Arvind Kejriwal who happens to be the cleanest leader in the country unlike the Ambani Adani Agent who rules the country.
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Dinesh
Dec 15, 2015 09:27pm
Playing the victime again? It wasn't Kejriwals office that was raided, it was his Principal Secretary. If he has nothing to hide then there should be no problems.
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Sudhir Neyalasinger
Dec 15, 2015 10:12pm
@Blue Saffron A very good assessment.
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truth only
Dec 15, 2015 11:18pm
Mr kejriwal has every right to protest in democracy but not in this way and not using this type of language, he is not speaking about Mr modi only but representatives 1.2 billions peopIe.If he had any complaints, he should have waited for cbi response and talk to cbi directors and asked for his clarification. It is not that someone has entered Delhi secretariat illegal, cbi is saying that , they had court order. Mr kejriwal if you can proof other wise than you are right but you should have waited before making such comments and let people decide for themselves
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ROHIT PANDEY
Dec 16, 2015 01:17am
There was once a man in India, who led an anti-corruption crusade against the then PM Indira Gandhi, and he was quite successful at it, and that was Jaya Prakash Narain. That mass movement threw up a man called LALU PRASAD YADAV, who made m0ckery of all norms of propriety and amassed a colossal amount of money for himself, until a court convicted him, in a $130 million scam. And, there was Anna Hazare, an Indian Army driver, who survived attacks by Pakistani jets on a convoy of which he was a part of, and later became a social reformer and anti-corruption crusader much like Jaya Prakash Narain. And, that movement threw up Arvind Kejriwal, who is becoming comical by the day? Ah, then politics is politics, the refuge of many a clown and buffoon!:):):)
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Gp65
Dec 16, 2015 09:08am
Supreme court had ruled last year that CBI does not need permission from states government or the central government in order to investigate any bureaucrat. At the time, kid you've all had welcomed the decision see that this would prevent NDA and UPA from protecting corrupt bureaucrats. Now that a government official in Delhi is being investigated, suddenly he is unhappy and ranting against the PM. In any case, you cannot compare the prime minister of the country with the chief minister of one of its the smallest states.
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Gp65
Dec 16, 2015 09:18am
@Real Pakistani Last year Supreme court ruled thatCBI does not need permission from central government or state government to investigate any bureaucrat. That is exactly what has happened here. There is no state agency inIndia for such accountability. Does that mean that corruption at the state level should go unpunished??
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Kaly
Dec 16, 2015 12:59pm
@DR ASHFAQ AHMED MANGI - Modi is the best thing happened in India, he is non corrupt, works 16-17 hrs a day, tech savy and honest to the core. He is a nationalist and he is not a fake secularist, he doesn't wear a 'TOPI' to appease any community, rather wants development for all. By the way people from your community have became more prosperous under his state...
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Kaly
Dec 16, 2015 01:00pm
CBI is doing their job, if Kejri has done nothing wrong, why he is so upset.
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Vijay
Dec 17, 2015 03:47am
This dude got elected after he promised electricity at half price. Now how can one do that without increasing taxes or "redistributing" wealth?
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jamshed
Dec 17, 2015 07:47am
@kashyap "Corruption is not going to be tolerated in India". Great thought and noble idea, but reality is very different. Corruption is a condition" in the subcontinent, it is part and parcel of our society and we are up to our nose in this and Modi and no when can get his arm around it. Old and bad habits die hard and this one is not going to die any time soon.
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aslam shaikh
Dec 17, 2015 08:59am
@Blue Saffron what a true leader who wants peace and wants to resolve disputes, when it comes to Kashmir he only wants to talk about part of Kashmir under Pakistan's control. What arrogance!
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jamshed
Dec 17, 2015 09:40am
@Satish Kumar Dogra I hope IAS service in India is not politicised or marginalized as we have in Pakistan. In Pakistan,they are subservient to ruling pary.Period
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jamshed
Dec 17, 2015 10:02am
@anshul Politics should be a circus, it is a serious business as there are hundreds of million of stake holders. No wonder we are are what we are and it is pretty shameful.
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