--- description: India's top law-enforcement agency, the CBI reportedly raided the offices of New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday title: New Delhi Leader Calls Indian Prime Minister a 'Coward and a Psychopath' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Top Indian Politician Just Called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'Psychopath' by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2015 8:35 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2015 8:35 AM CUT India’s top law-enforcement agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation,[ reportedly](http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/cbi-raids-my-office-claims-arvind-kejriwal/ "undefined") raided the offices of New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday, following which the head of the Indian capital city’s government had some choice words on Twitter for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. > [](https://twitter.com/arvindkejriwal/status/676627652204060672) Kejriwal also rubbished CBI’s [counterclaim](http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/cbi-raids-my-office-claims-arvind-kejriwal/ "undefined") that the raid was targeting his secretary Rajender Kumar on allegations of corruption, as well as Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s [statements](http://www.ndtv.com/cheat-sheet/arvind-kejriwals-office-not-sealed-in-raid-cbi-sources-1255042 "undefined") in Parliament denying the raid. > [](https://twitter.com/ArvindKejriwal/status/676632104071921664) > [](https://twitter.com/ArvindKejriwal/status/676648110668427265) Tuesday’s controversy marks the latest salvo in a steadily escalating conflict between Kejriwal’s New Delhi government and the central government led by Modi, ever since the former won a [landslide victory](http://time.com/3702622/india-narendra-modi-delhi-elections/ "undefined") earlier this year in the specially administered capital’s elections. Kejriwal — named one of TIME’s [100 most influential people](http://time.com/70862/arvind-kejriwal-2014-time-100/ "undefined") in the world in 2014 — and his Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party have repeatedly demanded greater autonomy, particularly control of the city’s police force currently overseen by Modi’s government. The Delhi chief minister also took the country’s Railway Ministry to task on Saturday for the [demolition](http://zeenews.india.com/news/delhi/shakur-basti-demolition-kejriwal-meets-suresh-prabhu-hc-issues-notice-to-aap-govt-delhi-police-railways%5F1834386.html "undefined") of a slum that reportedly resulted in the death of an infant and rendered hundreds homeless. > [](https://twitter.com/ArvindKejriwal/status/675777742067990528) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4148933/kejriwal-modi-tweet-coward-psychopath/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4148933/kejriwal-modi-tweet-coward-psychopath/"},"headline":"A Top Indian Politician Just Called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'Psychopath'","datePublished":"2015-12-15T08:35:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:22:19.798Z","description":"New Delhi's Chief Minister leveled the insult after a raid on his offices by India's main investigative agency","url":"https://time.com/4148933/kejriwal-modi-tweet-coward-psychopath/","keywords":["India","twitter","Government","Modi","raid"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4148933/kejriwal-modi-tweet-coward-psychopath/","name":"A Top Indian Politician Just Called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a 'Psychopath'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: The Logistics Of India's Elections","description":"Voting in India’s marathon general elections concluded on Monday, five weeks after the first ballots were cast. 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