Activists of Socialist Unity Center of India (SUCI) burn an effigy with a portrait of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a protest in Kolkata, Saturday. The protest was against the government’s decision to let in foreign retailers, rise in the price of diesel fuel and also reduction in cooking gas subsidies (AP Photo).

A policeman tries to douse flames from an effigy representing the ruling UPA government set afire by the main opposition BJP activists during a protest in New Delhi, Saturday (AP Photo).

Members of the CPI carry a cooking gas cylinder during a protest against the price hike in diesel and capping the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders, in Hyderabad (AP Photo).

Members of the CPI shout slogans as they carry a cooking gas cylinder during a protest against the price hike in diesel and capping the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders, in Hyderabad (AP Photo).

Youth activists of the main opposition BJP shout slogans against the ruling UPA government during a protest against the price hike in diesel and capping the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders in Jammu (AP Photo).

An activist of opposition BJP shouts slogans as she carries an old cooking stove on her head during a protest in New Delhi (AP Photo).

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee speaks as she addresses a large rally in Kolkata, Saturday (AP Photo).

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addresses a massive rally in Kolkata (AP Photo).

A burning effigy representing the ruling UPA government lies on the road during a protest in New Delhi (AP Photo).

An effigy representing the ruling UPA government lies on the road during a protest in New Delhi (AP Photo).

An activist of main opposition BJP burns an effigy representing the ruling UPA government during a protest in New Delhi (AP Photo).