Members of the Communist Party of India, [Getty Images]

Members of the Communist Party of India, Marxists (CPI-M) are shrouded by a party flag as they shout slogans prior to burning an effigy of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government during a protest against petrol price rises in Hyderabad on September 16, 2011. India's central bank on has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point in its 12th hike since March last year to combat near double-digit inflation. State-owned energy firms on September 15 hiked petrol prices by five percent to stem losses from high crude prices, leading to condemnation from opposition parties which called the move "inflationary. AFP PHOTO/Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)

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