Indıa Protest Prıce Hıke

epa02129356 Indian employees, workersteachers take part in the 12 hour (6pm to 6am) mass sit-in to protest against prices hike in Eastern Indian city of Calcutta, 23 April 2010. India's March inflation stuck at 9.9 percentrising prices have quickly become a political issue .Four Left parties, along with their non-Congress, non-BJP allies, have called the strike on 27 April to protest the soaring food prices, budgetary hike in the prices of petro-productsthe withdrawal of fertiliser subsidies.  EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY