Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal granted bail months after arrest
Indian opposition leader and New Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by a court in the capital nearly three months after he was arrested in a bribery case
NEW DELHI (AP) — Arvind Kejriwal, an Indian opposition leader and New Delhi's chief minister, was granted bail on Thursday by a court in the capital nearly three months after he was arrested in a bribery case, local media reported.
Kejriwal, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man's Party, was arrested in March, weeks before India's national election, in which he was one of the challengers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The development about Kejriwal's bail was reported by news website Live Law on Thursday.
Modi returned to power for a third straight term earlier in June, even though his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party lost its majority. However, Modi's National Democratic Alliance coalition won enough seats to form a government, with him at the helm.
