NEW DELHI – A top opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged his compatriots to resist "dictatorship" on Saturday, after the South Asian country's top court provisionally released him from jail to campaign in national elections. AdvertisementMore than 1,000 cheering supporters greeted him as he walked free from the capital's Tihar Jail on Friday night. Kejriwal, 55, has been chief minister for nearly a decade and first came to office as a staunch anti-corruption crusader. Advertisement'Target political opponents'Modi's political opponents and international rights groups have long sounded the alarm on India's shrinking democratic space. United States think tank Freedom House said this year the BJP had "increasingly used government institutions to target political opponents."

Source: Manila Times May 11, 2024 22:55 UTC