MUMBAI(WNAM Monitoring): India strongly objected on Wednesday to U.S. remarks about its “internal affairs” after the arrest of Delhi’s chief minister, a government rival, and the freezing of opposition Congress party bank accounts ahead of an election.
Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) governs the national capital territory and the northern state of Punjab, was arrested last week by the federal financial crime-fighting agency on corruption charges, weeks before Indians head to the polls from April 19. AAP, all of whose main leaders are now imprisoned in connection with the case, says Kejriwal has been “falsely arrested” in a “fabricated case”.
It has an electoral alliance with the Congress party and others who aim to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
On Wednesday, India summoned the acting U.S. deputy chief of mission in New Delhi following a State Department comment on Monday that it was closely following reports of Kejriwal’s arrest and that it encouraged a fair legal process.
