Hundreds protest in India against arrest of leading opposition figure
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Hundreds of protesters in India's capital took to the streets for a second day Saturday, demanding the immediate release of one of the top rivals of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the country gears up for a national election next month. Arvind Kejriwal, New Delhi’s top elected official and one of the country’s most consequential politicians of the past decade, was arrested Thursday by the federal Enforcement Directorate who accused his party and ministers for accepting 1 billion rupees ($12 million) in bribes from liquor contractors nearly two years ago.