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| All-party meet begins |
| All-party meet begins; will the government agree to a vote on FDI in Parliament?
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| INDIA
, 26-November-2012
3:5:20 AM |
| A reluctant government is prepping to face a vote in Parliament on the contentious Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail issue. As a first step, it has listed a bill on reservation in promotions on the Rajya Sabha's agenda today.
The two matters are unrelated, but the BSP has reportedly linked them. Mayawati's party, which provides crucial support to the Manmohan Singh government, is said to have made it clear that a constitutional amendment bill on quota in promotions must be brought in Parliament first if the government wants to secure its support on the FDI issue. With the BJP-led opposition adamant that it will not allow Parliament to function till FDI is debated and voted on, the quota bill might not see light of day yet. But the government has made its good intentions clear to its ally; it will also be saved from having to smoothen the ruffled feathers of another external partner, the Samajwadi Party, which opposes the quota bill.
An all-party meeting, called by the government, is currently on to try and break the logjam on the FDI issue. The government was being forced to walk the political tightrope before the all-party meeting because despite the many days the PM spent before this session began, planning strategy and consolidating support on the contentious move to allow big supermarkets like Walmart to set up shop in India, even UPA partners are still not on board. Shortly before the all-party meet, the PM met all Congress leaders, and then Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The opposition, led by the BJP, has kept up the pressure, forcing adjournments in both houses. The first two days of the month-long winter session were washed out last week. Commerce Minister Anand Sharma met Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, in a bid to break the impasse on FDI.
While the Samajwadi Party and the BSP are bargaining hard, UPA partner DMK is yet to be convinced on the merits of FDI in retail.
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