Members of a leading political party held protests across India on Monday, after one of their main leaders, a top minister in Delhi's city government, was arrested by a federal agency over allegations of corruption.
"Manish is innocent. His arrest is dirty politics," Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi's chief minister and head of the Aam Aadmi Party said in a tweet hours after Sisodia's arrest.
Sisodia and his party have denied wrongdoing and see the case as an attempt to smear opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of national elections next year, in which Modi is seeking a third term. Sambit Patra, a spokesperson for BJP, which rules the federal government, denied allegations of political interference on Sunday.French liquor major Pernod Ricard for allegedly violating the same liquor policy.
The AAP, whose name means "common man" in Hindi, emerged out of an anti-corruption movement in 2011 and has become a staunch critic of Modi. After coming to power in Delhi in 2013, the AAP swept state assembly elections in the northern state of Punjab and gained a few seats in Modi's home stateReporting by Arpan Chaturvedi and Shivam Patel; writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Michael Perry and Bernadette Baum
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