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India: Former Delhi Leader Jailed in Defamation Case India: Former Delhi Leader Jailed in Defamation Case
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Arvind Kejriwal, who as leader of the Aam Aadmi, or Common Man, Party briefly served last year as Delhi’s chief executive, was jailed on Wednesday after refusing to pay a bail bond of around $171. Mr. Kejriwal was charged with defamation after making accusations of corruption against Nitin Gadkari, the former chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won parliamentary elections last week in a landslide. The news that Mr. Kejriwal was being held set off protests by his supporters outside the prison. Prashant Bhushan, now the Aam Aadmi leader, told reporters that Mr. Kejriwal considered the case to be politically based and refused to pay the bond as a matter of principle. Arvind Kejriwal, who as leader of the Aam Aadmi. or Common Man, Party briefly served last year as Delhi’s chief executive, was jailed on Wednesday after refusing to pay a bail bond of around $171. Mr. Kejriwal was charged with defamation after making accusations of corruption against Nitin Gadkari, the former chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won parliamentary elections last week in a landslide. The news that Mr. Kejriwal was being held set off protests by his supporters outside the prison. Prashant Bhushan, now the Aam Aadmi leader, told reporters that Mr. Kejriwal considered the case to be politically based and refused to pay the bond as a matter of principle.