UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Protest held to defend Indian reforms

|
 
Published: Nov. 4, 2012 at 4:51 PM

NEW DELHI, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of people gathered in New Delhi Sunday for a rally in support of controversial economic reforms, officials said.

The protest was organized by leaders of India's ruling Congress party, the BBC reported.

Party head Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and prominent party member Rahul Gandhi gave speeches in defense of economic reforms, which include allowing the likes of Walmart and Tesco to enter the Indian market.

Singh said those opposing moves to open the retail sector to foreign firms were "misleading the people."

Gandhi delivered a speech addressing corruption allegations made against her party and its allies over the past two years.

"I admit, corruption is a cancer, it is a disease," Gandhi said. "We will continue to fight this disease. Those who dig a pit for others to fall should know that a well is waiting for them to fall into."

Topics: Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh
Recommended Stories
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional World News Stories
1 of 17
Tornado recover efforts underway in Moore, Oklahoma
View Caption
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to victims from the May 20 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013. The EF-5 tornado cut a path of destruction approximately 17 miles by 1.3 miles wide and left 24 people dead. UPI/J.P. Wilson
fark
Another day, another real-life case of Breaking Bad. Except all these guys keep getting caught
I guess the Brits have a hard time understanding screen doors, brushing teeth
It turns out many of the US cities where the most internet porn is watched are also classified as...
It was a fun family party until your 14-year-old son beat everybody at poker
News: Woman run over by car. Fark: her own car. UltraFark: THREE TIMES
To prevent students from cheating, Montreal teachers decide to strip. Strip search students, that...