Indian court rejects Congress graft case that propelled Modi to power

New Delhi

INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have just lost his most-used political weapon - his anti-corruption crusade.

A court in New Delhi acquitted a former telecommunications minister in India's biggest graft case, which federal investigators alleged had cost the government as much as 309.84 billion rupees (S$6.5 billion). All others involved in the sale of airwave licences in 2008 were also acquitted.

With eight states going to polls in the coming year, the verdict is seen as a blow to Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has won a series of elections since…