India's main opposition alliance is due to hold a major demonstration against alleged corruption involving the ruling Congress-party led government.
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party-led group plans to hold anti-sleaze protests in Delhi and across the country.
India has been rocked by a slew of high-profile corruption cases.
Among them is an alleged telecoms scandal in which phone licences were sold for a fraction of their value.
Ex-telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja, who resigned over the scandal, is expected to be questioned soon by India's top investigation agency, the CBI.
Mr Raja, who denies any wrongdoing, is a member of the DMK party, a member of the Congress-led ruling coalition.
Parliament has been deadlocked over opposition demands for a major inquiry.
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If there's nothing to hide...
Magnanimous though it may seem to Congress partisans, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's offer to appear before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament to answer questions relating to the allocation of 2G spectrum the question of why his government is so keen to avoid the setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee. Dr. Singh said that, like Caesar's wife, the Prime Minister should be above suspicion and hence his willingness to be questioned by a committee whose chairman is the formidable Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart, Murli Manohar Joshi. Sticking with Roman references, however, many will say that having crossed the inquisitorial Rubicon, the Prime Minister ought to have no reservations about appearing before a JPC either. This newspaper has argued before that the scale and dimensions of the spectrum scam give rise to questions that are well beyond the remit of a PAC whose job, normally, is confined to examining audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General, and that a comprehensive enquiry by a JPC was a political imperative. There has been some talk in government circles of expanding the mandate of the PAC in the 2G spectrum matter but the onus really is on the Prime Minister and his advisers to sit down with the Opposition to ensure an agreement that will allow the spectrum scam to be probed and the Budget session of Parliament to take place unhindered.
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