Published 19:00 IST, November 16th 2018
Not just CBI, also block IT from entering your state: Arvind Kejriwal to Chandrababu Naidu
"Chandrababu Naidu has done the right thing (by blocking the CBI in his state). Modiji has misused the income tax and the CBI. Why has the CBI not caught Vijay Mallya, those involved in the Sahara Birla diary case, those whose names came out after Notebandi? Naiduji also blocked the IT from entering your state" he tweeted.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has supported Andhra counterpart Chandrababu Naidu's decision to blocks the CBI from his state and urged him to even block the Income Tax Department. He is the latest in Opposition to have supported Naidu's decision after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also backed him and even said she would do the same.
"Chandrababu Naidu has done the right thing (by blocks the CBI in his state). Modiji has misused the income tax and the CBI. Why has the CBI not caught Vijay Mallya, those involved in the Sahara Birla diary case, those whose names came out after Notebandi? Naiduji also blocks the IT from entering your state" he tweeted.
On Friday, news broke that Chandrababu Naidu, who has been in talks with several national and regional parties in Opposition to form a grand alliance against the BJP for the Lok had blocked the CBI from Andhra Pradesh.
The TDP spokesperson Dinakar Lanka explained the move, “CBI is a tool used by the Union government in order to keep the independent institution in their hands. After careful examination of the things for the first six months in CBI, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and the State government took the firm decision to withdraw the permission to the CBI to handle any kind of operation in the state.”
Later in the day, Mamata Banerjee also said she would not allow the investigative agency to set foot in her state. She said, "Chandrababu Naidu has asked the CBI not to interfere in his state. I am also checking the law. The BJP is operating the CBI with a remote control. They are changing history and names, notes. But not changing their game,"
Many party leaders who are in talks to form the grand alliance have alleged that the institutions CBI have been misused by the Centre.
Updated 22:04 IST, November 16th 2018