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## Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal in Alleged Money Laundering Case

NEW DELHI ÔÇö Indian law enforcement officials on Thursday arrested Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi and an up-and-coming opposition leader, in an alleged money-laundering case that his supporters say has been trumped up by the countryÔÇÖs ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Kejriwal, leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, which rules the Indian capital and the state of Punjab, is the second opposition party chief to be arrested in recent weeks after Hemant Soren, the leader of Jharkhand state, was taken into custody in January over an alleged land scam.

Since 2022, Kejriwal and his allies have been accused by the BJP of selling liquor licenses and receiving kickbacks from vendors in the capital. IndiaÔÇÖs Enforcement Directorate, which investigates money laundering, has alleged it has evidence that KejriwalÔÇÖs party received millions of dollars from a liquor group.

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While KejriwalÔÇÖs role and culpability in the affair remains unclear ÔÇö Kejriwal has denied wrongdoing ÔÇö opposition parties in recent months have increasingly accused Prime Minister Narendra ModiÔÇÖs BJP of unfairly using federal investigative agencies to systematically pressure political rivals ÔÇö or jail them outright ahead of crucial national elections that begin on April 19. Aside from Kejriwal, three other leaders in his party, seen as a potent future challenger to the BJP in national politics, have been jailed in the past year in the liquor case.

The Indian National Congress, another opposition party, has similarly accused the BJP of using tax agencies to cripple its operations ahead of upcoming elections. On Thursday, Rahul Gandhi, a Congress leader, told a news conference that his party has not been able to access any funds for the past month, or ÔÇ£even buy a rail ticket,ÔÇØ because its bank accounts have been frozen by the government as part of a years-old tax case.

After news of KejriwalÔÇÖs arrest broke, Gandhi condemned the governmentÔÇÖs move as autocratic.

KejriwalÔÇÖs AAP said late Thursday that it would challenge his arrest in the Supreme Court as his supporters flocked to his Delhi residence, blocked roads, and occasionally tussled with police. Speaking to television reporters outside KejriwalÔÇÖs home, his party colleagues said the Enforcement DirectorateÔÇÖs investigation was a ploy by Modi to prevent Kejriwal from campaigning in the upcoming election.

ÔÇ£It is clear to everyone who is afraid of a loss in the upcoming election,ÔÇØ AAP official Somnath Bharti told reporters. ÔÇ£Is this free and fair? Opposition leaders are being imprisoned; bank accounts of opposition parties are being frozen.ÔÇØ

BJP officials, meanwhile, doubled down on their accusations of KejriwalÔÇÖs alleged corruption and called the arrest justified.

While the BJP is viewed as the most popular party in India and Modi is widely expected to win a third term in the upcoming polls, his Hindu nationalist partyÔÇÖs monopoly over the state machinery and its outsize dominance in campaign financing have raised intense public debate about the fairness and vigor of Indian elections.

This month, a landmark Indian Supreme Court judgment forced the government to reveal detailed records about an opaque campaign financing scheme that allowed Indian companies to give unlimited and anonymous campaign contributions. The data showed that the BJP had received more than half of the roughly $2 billion in donations made by companies since 2018 ÔÇö or more than what 20 other parties combined received ÔÇö leading some in the opposition to cry foul.

Anant Gupta contributed to this report.

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