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Dr Singh's effigy
Activists of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stand next to a burning effigy of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh during a nationwide strike in the old quarters of Delhi on September 20. Schools, shops and government offices were shut in some states as protesters blocked road and rail traffic as part of a one-day nationwide strike against sweeping economic reforms announced by the government last week.
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Strike in Delhi
School girls run through a deserted road at a closed shopping arcade during a nationwide strike in the old quarters of Delhi on September 20. Schools, shops and government offices were shut in some states as protesters blocked road and rail traffic as part of a one-day nationwide strike against sweeping economic reforms announced by the government last week.
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Strike in Lucknow
State-run passenger buses rest inside a depot after demonstrators attacked the vehicles during a nationwide strike in Lucknow on September 20.
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Strike by Samajwadi Party
Demonstrators from the Samajwadi Party, a regional political party, shout slogans as they gather around an effigy on a railway track during a protest against price hikes in fuel and foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, near Allahabad railway station on September 20. The signs read, "Stop FDI", "Manmohan Singh leave your seat" and "Take Wal-Mart back".
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Chennai protest
Activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) block a passenger train while protesting during a nationwide strike in Chennai on September 20.
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