India's Modi eyes election victory as top opponent heads to jail
The Peninsula
New Delhi: A top opponent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Sunday to keep fighting dictatorship as he prepared to return to jail, following ele...
New Delhi: A top opponent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Sunday to keep fighting "dictatorship" as he prepared to return to jail, following elections widely expected to produce another landslide victory for the former.
Arvind Kejriwal is among several opposition leaders under criminal investigation, with colleagues describing his arrest the month before the general elections began in April as a "political conspiracy" orchestrated by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The chief minister of the capital Delhi and a key leader in an alliance formed to compete against Modi, Kejriwal was detained in March over a long-running corruption probe. He was later released and allowed to campaign but ordered to return to jail once voting ended.
"When power becomes dictatorship, then jail becomes a responsibility," said Kejriwal, who promised to continue "fighting" from behind bars.
"I don't know when I will return," he told supporters in an emotional departure speech at his Aam Aadmi party headquarters.
