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| Mamata's no-trust vote on FDI likel |
| Mamata's no-trust vote on FDI likely to fall flat; BJP wary, Left won't back
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| INDIA
, 19-November-2012
7:59:57 AM |
| Mamata Banerjee's plan to move a no-confidence motion against the Manmohan Singh government in the winter session of Parliament is heading towards a no-show, with most of the opposition eyeing it warily. She needs 50 MPs to even move the motion in the Lok Sabha; her Trinamool Congress has only 19.
One of the parties that she was hoping would back her, the CPI(M), has categorically said that it will not give its support. Speaking to NDTV, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said as much and also that the Trinamool would be unable to muster the numbers. The CPI(M) has applied for a debate-and-vote motion on the issue of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail introduced by the government, which it thinks will be more effective as a strategy in Parliament.
Another Left party, the CPI, which had initially suggested that it could support the no-trust vote, has also now reversed its position.
The other possible support for Ms Banerjee, the BJP, too has been cagey. She is understood to have spoken to Sushma Swaraj, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, on the phone to gauge the BJP's position, but there has been no public acknowledgement of this by the main opposition party.
Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi articulated why the BJP is not excited about Mamata Banerjee's no-trust motion plan when he said, "If the numbers are not adequate and the motion fails, the government becomes safe for the next six months within which another such motion cannot be brought. If the motion is passed and the government falls, you have to think of the next course of action."
Both the NDA and the Left fear that a no-trust vote, if defeated, will also embolden the government to say that all its policies have been endorsed. They would thus prefer to debate and vote on the core issue of FDI in retail - they believe that parties like the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, which provide external support to the government and even the DMK,
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