Asia | A series of unfortunate events
Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s chief minister, is hauled off 29 days before voting starts
|Delhi|4 min read
WITH LESS than a month to go before India’s general election, when Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is widely expected to retain power, the opposition coalition is a shambles. This is only partly its own doing. India’s law-enforcement agencies have played a not insignificant role.
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