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;

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.

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;