NEW DELHI - At least 100000 trade unionists marched through the Indian capital yesterday in a protest against high food prices and unemployment, piling pressure on an administration under fire over corruption scandals.
The demonstration was the biggest in New Delhi in years and included members of a trade union linked to the ruling Congress party.
It was also the latest in a wave of protests that have swept the world, ignited by a worldwide spike in food prices.
But unlike the protests that have toppled autocratic leaders, there have been no calls to overthrow India's democratic government.
"We have come here so that our voices reverberate inside the house (parliament) and they can see what pain the common man is going through," said Akhil Samantray, who had come from the eastern Orissa state to take part in the march.
India has been grappling with double-digit food inflation for much of last year.
The country's hundreds of millions of poor have been hit the hardest.
Protest over India's high food prices, jobs
NEW DELHI - At least 100000 trade unionists marched through the Indian capital yesterday in a protest against high food prices and unemployment, piling pressure on an administration under fire over corruption scandals.
The demonstration was the biggest in New Delhi in years and included members of a trade union linked to the ruling Congress party.
It was also the latest in a wave of protests that have swept the world, ignited by a worldwide spike in food prices.
But unlike the protests that have toppled autocratic leaders, there have been no calls to overthrow India's democratic government.
"We have come here so that our voices reverberate inside the house (parliament) and they can see what pain the common man is going through," said Akhil Samantray, who had come from the eastern Orissa state to take part in the march.
India has been grappling with double-digit food inflation for much of last year.
The country's hundreds of millions of poor have been hit the hardest.
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