{"id":84103,"date":"2024-06-22T10:31:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T10:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=84103"},"modified":"2024-06-22T10:31:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T10:31:23","slug":"indian-court-blocks-pm-modi-opponent-kejriwals-release-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2024\/84103\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian court blocks PM Modi opponent Kejriwal&#8217;s release from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW DELHI (National Times) An Indian court on Friday stopped the release of one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s chief opponents from jail, a day after the latter was granted bail in a long-running corruption case, reports said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi and the leader of the opposition Aam Aadmi party, denies the charges as a &#8220;political conspiracy&#8221; by Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was released from detention to campaign partway through India&#8217;s weeks-long general election but returned to jail after voting ended this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A trial court ordered his release late Thursday, but before he could walk out of jail on Friday the country&#8217;s top economic crimes investigative agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), appealed to the Delhi High Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It suspended his release until it could decide on the appeal, local media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision could come in &#8220;two-three days&#8221;, legal news portal Live Law posted on social media platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kejriwal is one of several opposition leaders in India under criminal investigation over various corruption-related probes, which Modi&#8217;s opponents say are being used by the premier to weaken any potential challengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 55-year-old has been chief minister of Delhi, the region which includes the capital New Delhi, for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He first came to prominence as an anti-corruption crusader, but his government was itself accused of graft when it liberalised liquor sales in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His party is a key member of the opposition INDIA bloc, led by the main opposition Congress party, which defied polls and expectations to deprive Modi&#8217;s BJP of its overall parliamentary majority in the election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI (National Times) An Indian court on Friday stopped the release of one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s chief opponents from jail, a day after the latter was granted bail in a long-running corruption case, reports said. 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