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| Mayawati's stand on FDI fronts |
| Mayawati's stand on FDI fronts her terms for support to govt
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| INDIA
, 3-December-2012
4:5:11 AM |
| This week, the government's strength will be tested as Parliament votes on one of its flagship reforms - allowing foreign supermarkets into the country. To survive the vote, the government needs the help of Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav, who do not participate in the UPA, but lend critical outside support.
Mayawati, who heads the BSP, today said that her party believes that Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail will hurt small traders, a pressure tactic that seeks to further her demand that for a new law that guarantees promotions in government jobs will see reservation for for Scheduled Castes/Tribe employees. She reportedly wants the quota bill to be passed before the vote on the retail reform is held.
Mulayam Singh and his Samajwadi Party are opposed to reservation in promotions for government jobs because they believe it will upset their upper caste votebank. So the government must choose which regional powerhouse to appease.
Mayawati denied today that her support on Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail rests on the quota bill. But she administered some serious pressure, stating that whether her party will back the government will be revealed only when the FDI vote is held. "The BSP thinks that without seeing the pros and cons of FDI, taking a final decision is not wise. We want to tell the government through the media that they should study the impact of FDI in a few Congress-run states and then arrive at a final decision of whether or not to continue the policy," she said today.
The Lok Sabha will vote on Wednesday on Foreign Direct Investment in retail. The Rajya Sabha is expected to vote on Friday on the same issue.
The vote in both Houses is a symbolic one, but a loss could adrenalize the Opposition's demand for a rollback of the reform, and severely undermine the authority of the Prime Minister whose government shrank to a minority in September when key ally Mamata Banerjee
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