India opposition leader returns to jail after vote ends

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India opposition leader returns to jail after vote ends

The chief minister of India’s capital New Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, has surrendered to prison authorities as the interim bail granted by the country’s top court in a *********** case ended, his party officials say.

Kejriwal, a firebrand politician who has been a vocal opponent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was arrested by the federal financial ******-fighting agency in March in connection with alleged *********** in the awarding of ******* licences.

Kejriwal has denied the allegations.

Last month the Supreme Court granted Kejriwal bail until June 1, the last day of India’s seven-phase vote, on condition he returned to pre-trial detention on June 2.

“I was given a 21-day (relief) by the Supreme Court. These 21 days were unforgettable,” he said before returning to jail.

“I did not waste even a minute. I campaigned to save the country,” he said.

Political commentators have said Kejriwal’s rallies gave fresh impetus to the opposition parties who have formed an alliance to oppose to Modi’s ruling party.

Results of the general elections will be declared on Tuesday.

Kejriwal is a former senior tax official who won the Ramon Magsaysay Award, often called Asia’s Nobel Prize, in 2006 for leading a right-to-information movement and helping the poor ****** ***********.

He founded one of India’s newest parties – the Aam Aadmi Party – more than a decade ago on an anti-*********** platform and quickly led it to prominence.

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