CPI(M) slams CBI raids at Principal Secy's office

CPI(M) today hit out at the Centre over CBI raids at the office of Delhi government's Principal Secretary, terming them as "highly condemnable" and a "new low" in the Modi Government's "encroachment" on the rights of non-BJP elected Governments.
The party said it was "unprecedented" that under the pretext of investigating charges against a bureaucrat, the office of a Chief Minister should be sealed and files searched as alleged by Kejriwal.
"The CBI raid on the office of Kejriwal is highly condemnable and smacks of a politically motivated act. It is unprecedented that in the name of investigating the accusations against a bureaucrat, the office of the Chief Minister should be sealed and files searched, as alleged by the Chief Minister," CPI(M) said in a statement.

The Left party questioned why Kejriwal was not consulted before raiding a bureaucrat's office, which is located on the same floor as that of the Chief Minister.
"This raid is a new low in the Modi Government's encroachment on the rights and dignity of non-BJP elected Governments," it charged.
Kejriwal today claimed the CBI has raided his office in central Delhi and launched a no holds barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was resorting to "cowardice".
The Chief Minister, who is involved in a prolonged tussle with the Centre, accused the Modi government of resorting to vendetta politics and came down heavily on the agency for the raids at Players Building.