India’s top court releases New Delhi’s chief minister on bail after 6 months in jail

Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has allowed the release on bail of a prominent opposition leader and chief minister of New Delhi, who was arrested nearly six months ago on charges of receiving bribes from a liquor distributor. Arvind Kejriwal is the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man’s Party, which governs New Delhi. He is one of India’s most influential politicians of the past decade and a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was arrested in March, weeks before national elections. He denied the accusations and called them a political conspiracy. His party is part of a broad alliance of opposition parties which was the main challenger to Modi’s Hindu nationalist party in the elections.