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| Police in the Indian capital Delhi, have prevented tens of thousands of landless farmers and indigenous people from marching to protest at parliament. | |
| Some of the landless have been on a month-long protest to demand land reform and ownership rights laws. | Some of the landless have been on a month-long protest to demand land reform and ownership rights laws. |
| The protesters, mostly low-caste tenant farmers and landless indigenous people, say they have been left behind by India's economic boom. | The protesters, mostly low-caste tenant farmers and landless indigenous people, say they have been left behind by India's economic boom. |
| The government has promised to set up a commission to examine land reform. | The government has promised to set up a commission to examine land reform. |
| Chanting and singing, tens of thousands of people are staging a sit-down protest at a large, dusty carnival ground in the heart of Delhi, says the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi. | Chanting and singing, tens of thousands of people are staging a sit-down protest at a large, dusty carnival ground in the heart of Delhi, says the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi. |
| For the past month, they have marched across India, hoping to take their protest to the Indian government. | For the past month, they have marched across India, hoping to take their protest to the Indian government. |
| The protesters waved flags and chanted "give us land, give us water", as they marched in long, orderly lines into the centre of the capital. | The protesters waved flags and chanted "give us land, give us water", as they marched in long, orderly lines into the centre of the capital. |
| But, our correspondent says, police have blocked their way and for the moment there is a stand-off. | But, our correspondent says, police have blocked their way and for the moment there is a stand-off. |
| The protesters have already met Sonia Gandhi, president of the ruling Congress Party and they hope to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday. | The protesters have already met Sonia Gandhi, president of the ruling Congress Party and they hope to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday. |
| They are calling for a national authority to oversee land reform and a system of fast track courts to deal with the long delays in resolving land disputes. | They are calling for a national authority to oversee land reform and a system of fast track courts to deal with the long delays in resolving land disputes. |