NEW DELHI, Dec 22 (Reuters): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reform agenda suffered a setback on Monday as protests erupted in parliament and in the streets over a campaign by Hindu hardliners linked to his party to convert Muslims and Christians to Hinduism.
Opposition members threw papers and swarmed to the center of the upper house of parliament, forcing the suspension of the session and effectively preventing the government from tabling a bill to increase foreign participation in the insurance sector.
The long-pending insurance legislation to raise the cap on foreign investment to 49 percent from 26 percent, and another bill to replace a decree to overhaul the coal sector, were considered low-hanging fruits that Modi hoped to push through parliament's winter session, which ends on Tuesday.
Protests in India over conversions set back reform agenda
FE Team | Published: December 23, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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