10,000 PROTEST AGAINST WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION IN INDIA

Police use a water canon to disperse supporters of India's main opposition BJP during a protest against alleged corruption in Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

NEW DELHI, India - As many as 10,000 people took section, with identical marches in Mumbai, Bangalore and dozens of different cities, making this the most important protest against corruption in India's history.
Lots of demonstrators took to the streets throughout India the day prior to this to protest concerning the wave of corruption scandals that has engulfed the country in up to date weeks.

A telecommunications scandal cost the country billions of dollars and paralysed Parliament's four-week session in December. India's image was also sullied by allegations of corruption, construction delays and cost overruns during last October's Commonwealth Games. The government had no immediate comment.

Swami Agnivesh, a well-known Hindu non secular chief and activist who has been at the leading edge of the "India Towards Corruption" motion in recent weeks, stated: "The people have declared a war towards corruption today.

Source: AP