New Delhi chief minister announces resignation after released on bail

Arvind Kejriwal, critic of PM Modi, demands earlier elections in India's capital region

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Aam Aadmi Party leader and Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, speaks to his followers in the rain as he comes out of Tihar prison after being granted bail by the country's highest court, in New Delhi on Sept. 13. © AP

NEW DELHI (AP) -- One of India's main opposition figures and New Delhi's chief minister said he would resign from office Sunday, two days after he was granted bail in a bribery case.

Arvind Kejriwal, a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was arrested nearly six months ago ahead of national elections on charges of receiving bribes from a liquor distributor. India's top court released him on bail Friday.

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