Nearly each pollster and brokerage analyst has already referred to as India’s upcoming common election in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s favor. But if a 3rd time period for the strongman chief is already assured, why’s he seemingly so nervous?

On Thursday, the Enforcement Directorate, a federal investigative company, arrested Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi state, for alleged bribery in awarding liquor licenses within the nationwide capital in 2021. The transfer, which comes lower than a month earlier than polling will get underway throughout the nation, has raised eyebrows. Mamata Banerjee, an influential opposition chief and the chief minister of West Bengal, described the arrest as “a blatant assault on democracy.”