Opposition figures in India have strongly condemned the arrest of Delhi's Chief Minister. Police surrounded the home of Avin De Kajruwal, a prominent opposition leader in connection with corruption allegations relating to the city's policies over alcohol sales. A probe into the matter has already seen two of his top allies jailed. He was detained after several hours of questioning by India's main financial crimes agency. His arrest comes weeks before before voting starts in a general election in the country. Here's our South Asia editor, Ambar Sanitharaj,ham.

It is a hugely significant moment, as you say, that elections are only a few weeks away from now, all starting on the 19th in seven faces. It will go on for weeks. So this arrest has triggered widespread condemnation by opposition parties because Arvind Kajriwal is one of the top opposition leaders, and he's ruling in Delhi, and also his party is in power in the state of Punjab, and they are for part of this opposition alliance called INDIA. So his arrest has triggered anger, condemnation, saying that it is a political conspiracy by the governing BJP to stifle opposition, to stifle dissent. And that is why the governing BJP, is doing this. This is the accusation by supporters of Mr. Kej Revol. However, the BJP and its leaders deny these charges, and they say, No, these are letting someone to do how they were favoring private retailers in alcohol sales in Delhi. So the law is taking its own course. But this has caused a lot of anger and also worries among the opposition leaders.

What's next? What could happen next?

It is not simply about Mr. Kejrival, what the opposition is saying that the BJP and the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi are completely trying to silence the opposition because for elections, you need star campaigners like Mr. Kejriwal, who can go around the country to campaign. So if he's going to be in jail, which means his party won't be able to have one of the important speakers. And earlier in the day, the main opposition Congress Party alleged that its accounts had been frozen, which means they cannot take out any money from their account to pay for TV commercials or commercials or newspaper advertisement or even to pay for transport. Sometimes they hire helicopters to travel around the country. So there are many opposition parties. They are saying that the government is using investigative agencies like the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI to stifle dissent, to reduce the opportunities of the opposition leader so that they cannot campaign. However, the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, they strongly deny these charges.