{"id":153269,"date":"2024-05-04T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/india-opposition-accuses-government-of-crackdown-as-election-gets-under-way\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T20:00:09","slug":"india-opposition-accuses-government-of-crackdown-as-election-gets-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/india-opposition-accuses-government-of-crackdown-as-election-gets-under-way\/","title":{"rendered":"India opposition accuses government of \u2018crackdown\u2019 as election gets under way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4K3thmUvTBo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"India opposition accuses government of \u2018crackdown\u2019 as election gets under way\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4K3thmUvTBo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>To the biggest elections in the world now, in India, where opposition parties say the government is using arrests and detentions to stop them campaigning &#8211; calling it a &quot;nail in the coffin of free and fair elections&quot;.<br \/>\n(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>This week police issued a summons to a Congress Party chief minister over allegations his staff doctored a video of the interior minister. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there are reports a prominent opposition figure &#8211; Delhi\u2019s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal &#8211; might be released on bail, weeks after he was imprisoned over &#8211; as yet unproven &#8211; corruption allegations. 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