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Speaker to decide on FDI debate: Kamal Nath
Tuesday November 20, 2012 07:56:51 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Lok
Sabha speaker will take a call on whether or not to allow a debate
and a vote on FDI in retail as demanded by the opposition BJP and
the CPI-M, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said Tuesday.
Both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Communist Party of
India-Marxist (CPI-M) have said they will move separate
resolutions on the issue in the winter session starting Nov 22 in
order to corner the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
government.
"The speaker (Meira Kumar) will decide on the issue in the
business advisory committee meeting with other parties on the
issues to be taken up," Nath told reporters.
Stating that there was no precedent of a policy framework being
challenged in parliament, he said an earlier debate on
disinvestment of public sector Balco during the NDA rule was one
particular issue.
"There is no precedent of a policy framework being challenged in
the Lok Sabha," said Nath.
Defending the move on the foreign direct investment (FDI) in
multi-brand retail, he said the states were free whether or not to
allow any proposal.
"FDI is not being imposed," he said, adding "the government will
discuss the issue with the other parties."
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