BBC News: “Police in the Indian capital Delhi have baton-charged hundreds of anti-corruption protesters angered by the government’s sale of coalfields without open bidding.
An auditors’ report last week said the mis-selling cost India $33bn (£20bn).
Police also used water cannon and tear gas to turn back protesters trying to reach the house of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Opposition calls for Mr Singh to resign have deadlocked parliament.
In the report last week, government auditors said private companies had made “windfall gains” by the allocation of coal mining rights from 2005-9 in a process that “lacked transparency”. India is one of the largest producers of coal in the world.
The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) says Mr Singh should quit because he was head of the coal ministry at the time of the sales.
The call has left parliament deadlocked since Tuesday. The Congress-led government insists there was no wrongdoing.”
via BBC News – India coal scandal: Hundreds protest against PM Singh.
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