Arvind Kejriwal sat yards from a police roadblock in the heart of Delhi, surrounded by a cluster of supporters and clutching a microphone. Every now and then he would rail against government corruption, and his supporters would cheer. A couple of hours later, he was hauled off by police and arrested. It was not the first time.
"I'm not surprised [by the government's dismissal of his latest claim]," he said. "I would have been surprised if they have acted on it."
The 44-year-old former senior tax inspector is the face of a mounting anti-corruption campaign that has electrified India. But 10 days ago he stepped over a previously uncrossed line when he levelled allegations of corruption at Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling Congress party. For the first since the Bofors scandal of the late 1980s, corruption claims were being directed at India's most powerful political family.
"Robert Vadra acquired properties worth hundreds [of millions of rupees] for nothing," Mr Kejriwal said at a press conference and produced documents he claimed suggested wrong-doing in transactions with India's largest property developer, DLF. "This massive property buying spree by the son-in-law of the ruling dynasty in the country gives rise to several important questions." Full story...
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"I'm not surprised [by the government's dismissal of his latest claim]," he said. "I would have been surprised if they have acted on it."
The 44-year-old former senior tax inspector is the face of a mounting anti-corruption campaign that has electrified India. But 10 days ago he stepped over a previously uncrossed line when he levelled allegations of corruption at Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling Congress party. For the first since the Bofors scandal of the late 1980s, corruption claims were being directed at India's most powerful political family.
"Robert Vadra acquired properties worth hundreds [of millions of rupees] for nothing," Mr Kejriwal said at a press conference and produced documents he claimed suggested wrong-doing in transactions with India's largest property developer, DLF. "This massive property buying spree by the son-in-law of the ruling dynasty in the country gives rise to several important questions." Full story...
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