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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses supporters and members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at the party's headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 2, 2024. — Reuters file pic
NEW DELHI, June 21 — An Indian court granted bail Thursday to one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chief opponents, who was first detained over a long-running corruption probe in March.
Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi and the leader of the opposition Aam Aadmi party, denies the charges as a “political conspiracy” by Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He was released from detention to campaign partway through the country’s weeks-long national election but returned to jail after voting ended earlier this month.
Modi’s BJP lost its overall parliamentary majority in the poll and now leads a coalition government.
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“Truth alone triumphs,” Atishi, a minister in Kejriwal’s regional government, posted on X after the court ruling.
Kejriwal is expected to walk out of jail on Friday, days before a new parliamentary session starts Monday.
The Delhi chief minister is a key member of the opposition INDIA bloc, led by the main opposition Congress party, which defied all polls and observers’ expectations to significantly improve its national tally.
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“When power becomes dictatorship, then jail becomes a responsibility,” Kejriwal said before surrendering himself to authorities earlier this month.
He is one of several opposition leaders in India under criminal investigation over various corruption-related probes, which Modi’s opponents say are being used by the premier to weaken any potential challengers.
Kejriwal, 55, has been chief minister of Delhi, the region which includes the capital New Delhi, for nearly a decade and first came to office as a staunch anti-corruption crusader.
His government was itself accused of corruption when it liberalised liquor sales in 2021 and gave up a lucrative government stake in the sector.
The policy was withdrawn the following year but a resulting probe into the allegedly corrupt allocation of licences has since led to the jailing of two top Kejriwal allies. — AFP
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