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Indian Leader Makes Concession on Corruption Probe to Break Legislative
Deadlock

   Kurt Achin | New Delhi  February 22, 2011
   India's  Prime  Minister Manmohan Singh (in blue turban) and President
   Pratibha Patil arrive at the parliament on the first day of the budget
   session  in  New  Delhi. The government will battle both inflation and
   corruption, February 21, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   India's  Prime  Minister  Manmohan  Singh and President Pratibha Patil
   arrive at the parliament on the first day of the budget session in New
   Delhi, February 21, 2011

   India's  prime  minister  has  made  a  major  concession to political
   opponents,  by agreeing to a joint corruption probe. The move is aimed
   at   breaking   a  months-long  deadlock  in  parliament  and  getting
   legislative action flowing again on crucial economic issues.
   Prime  Minister  Manmohan Singh told members of parliament India could
   no  longer  accept the paralysis that has frozen the legislature since
   November.
   "We  can  ill-afford  a  situation  where parliament is not allowed to