According to DW reports India’s government has responded with anger to remarks from Berlin following the arrest of opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal. The arrest has triggered protests in New Delhi as elections draw nearer.
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Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes from liquor contractors.
India summoned the German embassy’s deputy chief of mission, Georg Enzweiler, on Saturday to convey “strong protest” following remarks made by German officials regarding the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, an Indian opposition leader, last week.
Kejriwal, a senior official in the Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party, or AAP) and chief minister of Delhi’s capital territory, was arrested Thursday night on corruption charges — just a month ahead of national elections.
The federal Enforcement Directorate agency accused Kejriwal’s party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees ($12 million) in bribes from liquor contractors. The agency is controlled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government
