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1、NationwideStrikeHitsIndia’sTeemingCitiesSeptember20,2012TimeIndiaisintumultafterthegovernmentpassedreformsthatcutcertainsubsidiesandloosenedupcontrolsonforeigninvestmententeringthecountry,pavingthewayforbigmulti-brandretailchainslikeWalmartenteringthemarket.AllieshavethreatenedtoabandonIndianPrime
2、MinisterManmohanSingh’srulingcoalition,whileoppositionpartiesandactiviststookpartinanationwidestrikeagainstthereformsonSept.20thatsawprotestsandarrestsinmanyofIndia’smajormetropolises.WithKeyAllyPoisedtoExit,CanIndia’sGovernmentSurvive?Lastweek'seconomicreforms,whichincludedplanstoallowbigretailch
3、ainslikeWalmartintoIndia,maynowcollapsethegovernmentandforceearlyelectionsByKristaMahr
4、September19,2012TimeIndia’sembattledgovernmentdescendedintodeeperuncertaintyonWednesdayafterakeyallyannouncedplanstopulloutofthecoalition,potentiallyleavingtherulingUnitedProgressiveAlliance—ofwhichIndianPrimeMi
5、nisterManmohanSingh‘sCongresspartyistheprimemover—inaparliamentaryminority.TrinamoolCongress(TMC)leaderMamataBanerjeeannouncedthenewsontelevisiononTuesdaynight,citingfierceobjectionstolastweek’sspateofeconomicreforms,includingahikeindieselprices,acaponhowmuchsubsidizedcookinggasismadeavailabletoth
6、epublic,andeasingthewayformulti-brandforeignretailerslikeWalmartandtheU.K.’s TescotosetupinIndiaItwasamasterfulpieceofprime-timetheaterthatsenttheUPAleadershipintoahuddletoday.ItalsothrustBanerjee,afierypopulistwhohasbeengettingsomeunflatteringpressforherstrongreactionstocriticisminrecentmonths,ba
7、ckintothecenteroftheaction.Lastyear,themercurialchiefministerofWestBengaldominatedthepoliticallandscapewhenshefirstthreatenedtoleavethecoalitioninresponsetotheproposedeconomicreforms,whichwouldhaveloosenedcontrolsonforeigndirectinvestment(FDI).Inthatinstance,Congressleadersbackeddown,muchtothedism
8、ayofobserversabroad.Butmonthslater,facedwithincreasinglygloomyeconomicprojectionsandmountingpressuretoshakefreeofwhatitscriticscallastateofpolicyparalysis,theyevidentlymadeacalculatedriskthattheywouldsurviveTMC’s
