Kejriwal gets temporary bail to campaign in elections

India’s top court gave temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case on Friday, allowing him to campaign in the ongoing general elections, boosting the opposition alliance of which he is a key leader

The court said the temporary bail would last until June 1, the last day of the seven-phase vote, and Kejriwal would have to surrender on June 2, according to Reuters.

The poll has been marred by charges that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is using investigating agencies to hurt rivals, accusations the government denies.

The Enforcement Directorate, India's financial crime-fighting agency, arrested Kejriwal - a staunch critic of Modi and a key opposition leader - on March 21 in connection with corruption allegations related to the capital territory's liquor policy.

Kejriwal's government and his Aam Aadmi Party have denied the corruption allegations. Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party say that the investigating agencies are only doing their job and the government is not influencing them.