India: arrest of Delhi state chief minister and opposition figure. Arvind Kejriwal is accused of corruption and extortion.
The latter denies these charges. This arrest comes less than a month before the start of the legislative elections. AAP, Congress and several other parties have formed an opposition coalition ahead of the vote.. Few expect the bloc to make a breakthrough against Narendra Modi who took office a decade after taking over the. popular office of the prime minister in 2008.. The arrest of Arvind. Kejriwal “ resembles a desperate witch hunt,” says the chief minister of the state of Tamil Nadu (southeast) MK Stalin.