Opposition Chokes Delhi as Singh Fights Graft Claims
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India’s opposition rallied in New Delhi to protest what it says is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s failure to check corruption in his government, taking its challenge from parliament to the capital’s streets.
Leaders and supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance massed today near the city’s historic Red Fort to kick start a two-month nationwide campaign to “expose the widespread corruption” in Singh’s Congress party-led administration, symbolized by a growing dispute over the award of cellphone licenses.