India’s opposition protest against Modi’s ‘match-fixing’ before election

Parties unite at New Dehli rally to accuse PM of tax terrorism' and rigging the vote, after arrest of prominent leader

Indian opposition parties united on Sunday to protest against the arrest of a prominent leader weeks before a national election, accusing the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and his party of rigging the vote and harassing them with large tax demands.

Narendra Modi is trying match-fixing in this election," the leader of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, told a rally in New Delhi, as the crowd chanted shame".