By IANS,
New Delhi : Rural crowds from Haryana and Rajasthan outnumbered Delhiites at a 50,000-strong rally at the Ramlila Maidan here Sunday in support of foreign direct investment, which was addressed by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi hit back at detractors asserting that the recent slew of economic reforms would benefit the country and create more jobs.
“We deployed 2,600 buses to ferry people to Delhi,” Mukesh Sharma, parliamentary secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, told IANS.
Around 1,500 police personnel and hundreds of Special Protection Group (SPG) commandos were deployed at the venue, which had a carnival atmosphere.