Had Jaitley lied in parliament? Kejriwal reveals CBI took file movement register linked to his tenure

Contrary to claims made by the CBI and the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, it has emerged that the federal investigating agency had also confiscated the file movement register containing the most recent files from Arvind Kejriwal’s office.

Kejriwal tweeted;

Docs seized from my office.No relation to allegations being probed. Item 7 -file movement register of last one month pic.twitter.com/r2JGLzti1O

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 16, 2015

Kejriwal also said that the agency was all set to seize files related to DDCA, but after his media briefing in the evening, it changed its mind.

He said, “CBI kept reading DDCA file in my office. They wud hv seized it. But after my media briefing, they left it. Not clear if they took a copy.”

This revelation will come as a huge embarrassment for the central government, which on Tuesday vehemently defended that the CBI’s raids were in relation with Kejriwal’s tenure.

Jaitley, speaking in the Rajya Sabha, had categorically stated that the principal secretary, Rajender Kumar, was being investigated for his role pertaining to his tenure during Sheila Dikshit’s regime.

“Raids are not taking place on Mr Kejriwal’s office,” he had announced.

But Kejriwal now says the FM had lied in the parliament.

FM lied in the Parliament yesterday.

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 16, 2015

A CBI spokeswoman too had told reporters that the raids were not in relation to Kejriwal’s tenure.

Kejriwal, for his part, had rubbished Jaitley’s claims and accused him of lying in the parliament. The Delhi CM later accused the agency of carrying out raids to get hold of files related to DDCA corruption, where Jaitley’s role has come under sharp scrutiny.

Earlier today, Bollywood actor turned-politician and BJP MP, Shatrughan Sinha, too questioned the central government’s timing to order raids on a ‘popular’ CM’s office.

The new revelation has set the social media on fire as twitter users took to twitter to put the finance minister in the dock. .

Here’s a snapshot of twitter conversation;

' #DDCA, What a joke. HAHAHA #LIC Legal Institute of Corruption. @IndiaToday

— Kirti Azad (@KirtiAzaad) December 16, 2015

Since Mr Jaitley has lied on the floor of the house and mislead parliament.This warrants to privilege motion against him and govt.

— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) December 16, 2015

Seizure memo of CBI is in public.It establishes that CM office was raided/CM files were searched. Mr Jaitley lied and mislead parliament.

— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) December 16, 2015

Did Jaitley lie in Parliament ? https://t.co/BrWW1YXBHc

— nikhil wagle (@waglenikhil) December 16, 2015

खबर तो ये भी है कि केजरीवाल के घर में बने स्टाफ क्वार्टर में रहने वाले कर्मचारी पर 500 रुपये की गड़बड़ी का मामला है। आज सीएम हाउस पर रेड? ?

— Anurag Dhanda (@anuragdhanda) December 16, 2015

क्या पुलिस और सीबीआई पर कंट्रोल मिल जाने के बाद किसी के भी दफ्तर में घुस कर कोई भी फाइल देखने की छूट मिल जाती है?

— Anurag Dhanda (@anuragdhanda) December 16, 2015

CBI's seizure memo of items seized from @ArvindKejriwal's office, contrary to the claim of the agency & Union govt.. pic.twitter.com/j1g1MyZjKD

— Ankit Tyagi (@Ankit_Tyagi01) December 16, 2015

@ArvindKejriwal has given a hard hitting speech. Let us see what the government, CBI and Arun Jaitley have to say in reply.

— Markandey Katju (@mkatju) December 15, 2015

How many officials in the PMO don't have a bar with 14 bottles of Scotch & around ₹ 3 L? This CBI raid was a farce! #ArvindVsModi

— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) December 16, 2015

Nothing CBI has flaunted yet makes Rajender K seem a big crook. 14 whiskey bottles, Rs 3lak (mere $4.5k) in forex are trivial, if not a joke

— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) December 16, 2015