CBI Has An Order From The Top To Hassle Us, Our Work Won't Stop: Arvind Kejriwal

"CBI is doing its work, there is no need to be scared. We should let CBI do its work, they have an order from the top to hassle us. Obstacles will come but work won't stop," he said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday targeted center for creating obstacles in the path of AAP by sending CBI to hassle its leaders. He further stated that "this isn't the first raid. In the last 7 years, several raids were conducted on Manish Sisodia."

"CBI is doing its work, there is no need to be scared. We should let CBI do its work, they have an order from the top to hassle us. Obstacles will come but work won't stop," he said.

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Addressing the press, CM Kejriwal said, "Today Manish Sisodia was declared the best Education Minister in the world but a CBI team reached his residence to conduct a raid. So, there'll be a lot of obstacles. It wasn't easy to appear on the front page of New York Times & bring an Education Revolution in Delhi."

Speaking about the raids, CM stated: "Several false cases were lodged against him. Raids were conducted on me as well, on Satyendar Jain, on Kailash Gehlot - but nothing was found. They won't get anything even now." 

CBI Raids Manish Sisodia's Residence

Earlier today, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted his support for his deputy, saying that nothing will come of this raid and that similar incidents have occurred in the past.

The CBI conducted searches on around 21 places today in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22, including the house of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

The raids are being carried out in relation to alleged anomalies in the Delhi Excise Policy.

The CBI raids came just weeks after Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena requested a CBI inquiry into the AAP government's excise policy in the national capital. This sparked a verbal spat between the BJP and the AAP, with the former accusing the latter of corruption.

Later, Sisodia claimed that previous Delhi LG Anil Kumar Baijal had authorised the policy after recommending amendments. The deputy chief minister of Delhi also stated that the former LG's opinion on the policy had shifted.