NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Arvind Kejriwal founded one of India's newest parties more than a decade ago on an anti-corruption platform and took it to national prominence in no time, irking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party as well as the main opposition Congress.
Kejriwal, chief minister of the territory of Delhi whose Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also runs Punjab state, was arrested on Thursday night by the financial crime-fighting agency for alleged corruption in awarding liquor licences. His party has dismissed the allegations as "a desperate attempt to malign the image" of Kejriwal.
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