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Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) addresses his supporters during a public meeting in Hyderabad on May 10, 2024, ahead of the fourth phase of voting of the country's general election. [AFP]
A top opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Sunday to keep fighting "dictatorship" before he returned to jail Sunday, following elections widely expected to produce another landslide victory for the Hindu-nationalist leader.
Arvind Kejriwal is among several opposition leaders under criminal investigation, with colleagues describing his arrest the month before the general elections began in April as a "political conspiracy" orchestrated by Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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