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Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal ends sit-in protest | Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal ends sit-in protest |
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called off a sit-in protest in the city centre which was sparked by a row over who controls Delhi's police force. | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called off a sit-in protest in the city centre which was sparked by a row over who controls Delhi's police force. |
Mr Kejriwal had spent the night in the open and conducted business with cabinet members from the street. | Mr Kejriwal had spent the night in the open and conducted business with cabinet members from the street. |
His administration had accused the police of failing to deal with an alleged drugs and prostitution ring - something they denied. | |
Police clashed with protestors who gathered to join him on Tuesday. | Police clashed with protestors who gathered to join him on Tuesday. |
The federal authorities, which command Delhi's police force, have agreed to send on leave several police officers Mr Kejriwal wants suspended on allegations of misconduct. | |
"Let's end the protest here today," he told a crowd. | |
Many are seeing this as a victory for Mr Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party, says the BBC's Andrew North in Delhi. | |
The Aam Aadmi Party, which puts combating corruption at the centre of its policy platform, won an unexpected victory in recent state elections. | |
Mr Kejriwal became Delhi's chief minister last month, calling his party a "new broom". | |
The protest began on Monday when Mr Kejriwal was prevented from going to the home minister's office to demand the officers' suspension. | |
The row started with an incident which threatened to become a diplomatic issue, pitching the Aam Aadmi Party, the police and members of Delhi's African community at loggerheads. | |
Last Wednesday Mr Kejriwal's Law Minister, Somnath Bharti, and various party supporters allegedly confronted four Ugandan women in a Delhi neighbourhood, accusing them of prostitution. | |
A row erupted when police refused to search a nearby house for evidence of the suspected drugs and prostitution ring because they did not have a warrant. | |
Mr Bharti and Aam Aadmi Party supporters were accused of threatening and intimidating the women, forcing their way into homes and making racist remarks - they deny these allegations. |