INDIA SUMMARIZED

After parting ways with the UPA, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on October1 led a major rally at the Jantar Mantar to protest against the anti-people" policies of the Congress-led government. Ahead of today’s rally, TMC said, “The Jantar Mantar protest is against the UPA government's recent economic reforms and aimed at giving voice to the 'aam aadmi”. "It is not a dharna, it is a protest rally. All our MPs will protest, but I have not brought anyone from Bengal," Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool supremo and West Bengal chief minister, said. Speaking to reporters, senior TMC leader KD Singh said, “Sensex is not the index of people's happiness, those who are happy with the Sensex going up want only money. Didi (Banerjee) is concerned about the 'aam aadmi', and this rally is to raise their voice." “The protest is against the recent government decisions to allow foreign investment in multi-brand retail, ...