During an impassioned argument in Parliament, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong evoked India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to argue how democracy should work in the city-state.
Talks between Congress leaders and the administration failed to find a breakthrough amid protests over minister KS Eshwarappa's saffron-flag-to-replace-national-flag comment.
The Sanyukta Samaj Morcha (SSM), led by Balbir Singh Rajewal and includes 22 of the 32 agricultural unions of the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) that launched the protest, is trying to translate the widespread support it has received into votes.