Indian riot police and Japan's Honda Motor factory workers clashed for a second day on New Delhi's outskirts after nearly 130 people were injured in pitched battles on Monday.

Police fired teargas and used water canon and bamboo canes to push back hundreds of workers in Gurgaon, a satellite city of the national capital, after they broke through barricades.

The protesters had gathered outside a hospital where people hurt in Monday's clashes were being treated.

Authorities had no word on any fresh injuries.

The new clashes came as parliament erupted in uproar over Monday's outburst, when riot police and hundreds of workers battled in one of the most violent worker demonstrations in years in which at least 300 people were arrested.

The employees had been seeking to submit an appeal to district officials seeking reinstatement of 30 sacked employees when the violence erupted.

Media reports said events came to a head after police blocked their march.

Home Minister Shivraj Patil told parliament 92 workers were hurt when police baton-charged hundreds of people.

Thirty-five police officers and security personnel were also injured, he said, citing preliminary figures.

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