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| Mamata Banerjee's no-trust vote: |
| Mamata Banerjee's no-trust vote: BJP tight-lipped on strategy
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| INDIA
, 20-November-2012
2:48:49 AM |
| Top leaders of the BJP met this morning at LK Advani's residence to plan their course of action for the Winter Session of Parliament.
They discussed Mamata Banerjee's offer to move a No-Confidence Motion against the Manmohan Singh government. BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that while the party has formed an opinion on the matter, they will now discuss it will other parties in the NDA before revealing their final stance. The NDA is scheduled to meet this evening.
Sources say the BJP unlikely to support the Trinamool-sponsored no-trust vote.The BJP's leaders are said to be more in favour of cornering the government with a debate and vote on the contentious issue of Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail rather than force a test of strength, which they fear, will be won comfortably by the government. A defeated no-trust motion will be an endorsement of the government's policies and will considerably blunt the opposition's attack for the rest of the session. Also, it will secure the government for the next six months - rules do not allow the opposition to move another no-confidence motion for half a year.
The main opposition party reckons that some of the government's key allies, who are expected to rally around it in the face of a no-trust vote, will find it difficult to openly support it on FDI in retail. M Karunanidhi of the DMK, which is a constituent of the Manmohan Singh government, reiterated yesterday, "We are not in favour of the decision to allow FDI (in multi-brand retail)." Mulayam Singh Yadav, who provides crucial external support to the government, too has been a vocal opponent of FDI in retail. The BSP's Mayawati has been non-committal.
The BJP is focused on consolidating the floor efforts of the NDA that it leads and other opposition parties. The Left too has said it favours forcing a vote under Rule 184 on the issue of FDI in multi-brand retail. "While this wouldn't bring the government down,
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