From the sunroof of a large vehicle crawling through a sea of supporters in south Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal railed against the “dictatorship” of Narendra Modi. More personally, the Delhi chief minister also called on voters to make him a free man.
Kejriwal, 55, is the star performer in an alliance of parties opposing the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His rally appearances have injected energy and unpredictability into the final stages of India’s marathon election which ends next month.
But he was only able to hit the campaign trail after a Supreme Court ruling granted him temporary release from what he and his supporters regard as a politically motivated incarceration.
He must return to jail next Sunday, the day after the final votes
