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| FDI debate in Rajya Sabha |
| FDI debate in Rajya Sabha: We want to make India world's workshop, says Anand Sharma
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| INDIA
, 7-December-2012
8:1:47 AM |
| The debate on whether Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail should be allowed was held over two days in the Rajya Sabha and followed by voting on Friday. Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari declared that, subject to correction, 123 MPs had voted for FDI and 109 against.
•I stand here to reply to the questions raised so that the people know the realities and the government's thought process.
•Did we consult all the parties involved or not? Such questions need to be answered.
•We decided this after 18 months of consultation with various farmers' associations, confederations and states.
•Mr Maitreyan, I would like to tell you that your honourable leader should reply to my letter - 19 CMs have written back to me.
•(Arun Jaitley reacts - You said you have written to us on December 7. We are the main opposition party, we have consistently opposed. Minister refuses to yield. BJP members up on their feet. Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley says, "...the quantum of wastage is a matter of fact. Here there is a situation where there are two different versions... that needs a clarification.")
•The NDA has taken executive decisions on allowing FDI in pharmaceuticals or defence sectors. We have not questioned that executive decision. There isn't a single document that suggests the then government initiated a discussion with the stakeholders.
•Humari aur Arunji ki umar barabar hain, ab toh shirshashan nahin karte hain kabhi kabhi yoga kar lete hain... Par kal yahaan tarkon ka, WTO ka shirshashan ho gaya.
There has been such a furore over FDI that even my concerned mother, who has no interest in politics, asked my siblings - What has Anand done? Who is he getting from abroad?
•(Arun Jaitley responds - If your family is so concerned, please at least listen to them. BJP members continue with their footnotes - Anand Sharma says yeh toka toki band karaiye.)
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