Arvind Kejriwal

Members of Aam Admi Party, or Common Man's Party, shout slogans during a protest against the arrest of their party leader Arvind Kejriwal, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 22, 2024. Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India's most consequential politicians of the last decade in India held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government before national elections. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A Modi rival is arrested. Now, supporters of the opposition leader are protesting in India’s capital

Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the past decade are protesting against his arrest.

Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man's Party, leader Arvind Kejriwal listens to a speaker during a public meeting in New Delhi, India, Dec. 27, 2013. The anti-corruption crusader was arrested on Thursday, March 21, 2024, by a federal agency that accused his party and ministers of accepting 1 billion rupees ($12 million) as bribes from liquor contractors nearly two years ago, a top leader of his party said. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

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People wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus walk through a market in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. The Indian capital reintroduced public mask mandates on Thursday as COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Mask mandates return in New Delhi as COVID-19 cases rise

Children wait to receive their COVID-19 vaccination at a government school in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Indian health authorities Monday began vaccinating teens in the age group of 15 to 18, as more states started to enforce tighter restrictions to arrest a new surge stoked by the infectious omicron variant. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India vaccinates teens aged 15 to 18 as virus cases rise

An Indian woman is administered a dose of Covishield, Serum Institute of India’s version of the AstraZeneca vaccine as others wait their turn in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. India has the second-highest coronavirus caseload after the U.S. with more than 25 million confirmed infections. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Arrest of Indian opposition politician sparks protest by supporters in New Delhi

Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the last decade in India held protests Friday against his arrest, which opposition parties say is part of a crackdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government before national elections. (AP video shot by Shonal Ganguly and Piyush Nagpal)

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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2016, file photo, an Indian woman crosses a road as vehicles move through morning smog on the last day of a two-week experiment where the Delhi government allowed private cars on the roads on alternate days depending on whether their license plates end in an even or an odd number, to reduce the number of cars to fight pollution in New Delhi, India. Indian authorities announced an odd-even scheme for movement of private cars in the Indian capital from Nov. 4-15, 2019, after a major Hindu festival that features massive fireworks cloaking the area with toxic smog and dust. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

India capital to temporarily restrict cars to curb pollution

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities on Friday announced a plan to restrict the movement of private cars in the capital for nearly two weeks after a major Hindu festival that features fireworks that cloak the area with toxic smog and dust.