Indian police in dock over violent clash with strikers

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This is spine-chilling. I could not have imagined that an incident like this could have happened in independent India," said opposition leader Nitish Kumar.

Mr Singh is also facing anger from his coalition partners over the incident. "Even animals are not treated like this," said Devendra Prasad Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal party, a coalition member.

The new clashes yesterday occurred outside the hospital where the injured were being treated. Live television pictures showed women chasing police officers and beating them with canes. Men armed with stones gathered around the hospital. Many of them were believed to be relatives of protesters who are still missing after Monday's violence.

"I want to see my brother," said a man called Veermati. "I saw him on TV yesterday, he was one of the leaders. We don't know what happened to him after that. I am furious. Nobody's telling me where my brother is."

India is one of the so-called "new tiger economies", with the second-fastest growing economy in the world after China. But signs of frustration from India's masses of poor labourers have been growing as their lifestyles undergo little change, while the relatively small middle class reaps most of the benefits of the economic growth.

This frustration is thought to have been the main reason that the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party - which had presided over unprecedented economic success - lost last year's elections to the left-leaning Congress Party and its hard-left allies. However, India's labour laws offer little job protection, and with the country's massive population providing readily available cheap labour, job security is poor for the working classes.

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I'm proud of the Indian population fighting back these corporations and unionizing!!! These corporations are getting a wake up call... The Indians have respect for Unions and will fight!!! This puts the government in the position of being for the Corporations. How long before the Indian worker rebels Not long!!! Bill Gates a wake up call honey!!!

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1. I wonder when Friedman starts bashing the Indian people over this?

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2. related thread with pics

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1654602&mesg_id=1654602