Reuters: India Fuel Strike Bites And Tests Resolve For Reforms
Opposition workers
set buses on fire and burned tires as a nationwide strike over higher
fuel prices shut down parts of India on Monday in a test of the
government's efforts to cut subsidies and trim a budget deficit.
Many flights were canceled and streets emptied in response to the strike called by the main opposition Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the leftist bloc as the ruling Congress party attempts to push ahead with key reforms in Asia's third-largest economy.
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Many flights were canceled and streets emptied in response to the strike called by the main opposition Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the leftist bloc as the ruling Congress party attempts to push ahead with key reforms in Asia's third-largest economy.
Read the entire article here.
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