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Left, Right vow to oppose FDI in Rajya Sabha

-The Times of India

The budget session of Parliament could again be stormy with NDA and Left parties coming together to oppose FDI in retail.

BJP, CPI and JD(U) on Tuesday said the government may have got the bill passed in Lok Sabha but it should not feel victorious as they would not let it pass in Rajya Sabha.

BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi even said that if NDA came to power, it would withdraw the retail FDI notification issued by the UPA government.

"This is the second fight after independence and we will take it to the village level," Joshi said at a press conference organized by the Confederation of All India Traders.

The parties also said they would launch a national campaign against FDI in retail and sought support from the people to make the movement against the government's "anti-people" policy a success. They also announced a rally on March 7 on the issue.

"This is a fight against UPA's FDI decision and it is the anti-people policy of the government that we are opposing," JD(U) leader and NDA convener Sharad Yadav said.

Blaming the government for its failure on the economic front, Yadav said industrial production and employment generation had slowed down in the country. "Indian market has been expanding for years and we are not opposed to the expansion of market. Now to revive the market, government is punishing people through FDI decision. It is taxing the common man by raising oil prices and rail fares," the JD(U) leader said.

He added that retail shops were the second largest employment generating business in the country and bringing in FDI would create unemployment in. CPI leader A B Bardhan said that for every job that retail malls would create, 10 people would be rendered unemployed.

Comparing the situation with that in China, Yadav said, "China's position was equal to India's in economic terms in 1980. But China strengthened its internal position first before doing any business outside."

Bardhan added, "We support China on several matters, but it does not mean that we will forget the interest of our own country. FDI will flood Indian market with Chinese goods. We will not let that happen."

Criticizing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Yadav said, "The prime minister has taken two strong steps till date. One on nuclear issue and the second on FDI."

Supporting the agitation against the FDI decision, BJP's Joshi said the struggle would continue till it was withdrawn. "All NDA allies, Left Front and regional parties have opposed FDI. We will scrap the decision when we come to power," he said. Joshi did not agree with the government's view that this will boost the economy.

"Wherever FDI in retail has come, it has ruined the economy of that country," Joshi said, alleging that "in India, they (US retailers) are trying to come through bribery". "Bribery amount of Rs 125 crore was reportedly paid in the name of lobbying. We want to know who all were paid this money," he added.

Reiterating his party's resolve to fight the decision, Joshi said, "We will take the agitation to the village level and make the March 7 rally on it a success."

Spelling out the future agitation plan, Bardhan said, "We will demonstrate in front of the Walmart shop and wherever they will acquire land in the country." He further said all trade unions like AITUC, INTUC and BMS were opposed to the FDI decision.