A New Delhi court docket has prolonged the detention of opposition chief Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case till April 23, authorized information web site Reside Regulation stories, a setback to the opposition, which wants him to marketing campaign normally elections that start this week.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), India’s monetary crime-fighting company, arrested Kejriwal, the chief minister of the nationwide capital territory of Delhi, in a corruption case associated to the town’s liquor coverage and he had been remanded to custody till April 15.
Kejriwal has challenged his arrest saying it’s illegal and in a separate listening to on Monday, the Supreme Courtroom of India requested the ED to reply to the problem within the week of April 29, after which it should hear the case.
Kejriwal is a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and rejects the fees in opposition to him and different opposition leaders as politically motivated.
Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) deny the accusations and say regulation enforcement businesses function independently.
Kejriwal’s March 21 arrest sparked protests in New Delhi and within the northern state of Punjab ruled by his decade-old Aam Aadmi Get together, and drew the eye of the US and Germany.
His detention has united the 27-party opposition alliance known as INDIA, which incorporates AAP and the Congress occasion, however opinion polls recommend that BJP has a robust lead over them and is more likely to simply win a historic third time period.
India begins voting in a seven-phase common election on April 19.
Votes will probably be counted on June 4.
