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CM Arvind Kejriwal Wants The Centre To Give Up Control Of Anti-Corruption Branch

CM Arvind Kejriwal Wants The Centre To Give Up Control Of Anti-Corruption Branch
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 5: (Editor's Note: This is an exclusive shoot of Hindustan Times) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during a session at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on December 5, 2015 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 5: (Editor's Note: This is an exclusive shoot of Hindustan Times) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal speaks during a session at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on December 5, 2015 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

NEW DELHI -- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Rajnath Singh to "give up control" of Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) and support Delhi government's anti-graft efforts.

"I wud also urge PM n Rajnath ji to now give up their control over ACB n support Del govt's anti-corruption efforts, (sic)" Kejriwal wrote on Twitter.

I wud also urge PM n Rajnath ji to now give up their control over ACB n support Del govt's anti-corruption efforts

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 10, 2015

The Chief Minister also said that the Delhi government is not helpless and has several ways to nab corrupt persons.

"Just becoz ACB is not wid us doesn't mean Del govt is helpless. Del govt has many ways to nab corrupt (sic)," he tweeted.

Just becoz ACB is not wid us doesn't mean Del govt is helpless. Del govt has many ways to nab corrupt https://t.co/OGyMEsn5mB

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 10, 2015

In the past, Kejriwal has accused the Centre of taking away the powers of ACB and has demanded that the anti-graft body be handed over to the AAP dispensation to take strict action against those involved in corruption.

Yesterday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia warned Delhi government's ministers, legislators and officers of strict action if they are found to be involved in corruption, after Principal Secretary Sanjay Pratap Singh was arrested by CBI for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 2.2 lakh.

Sisodia had also said that there is no space for any "corrupt" officer in the Delhi government.

"We want to give a clear message to officers involved in corruption that they won't be spared...Singh's arrest message is if you are corrupt, we won't spare you irrespective of whether you are a peon, MLAs, officer or minister," Sisodia had said.

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