Bolstered by tacit support from SP and BSP and Trinamool Congress' cold attitude towards the rest of the Opposition, UPA leaders will be meeting here tomorrow to firm up the government's strategy. DMK, which has opposed FDI in retail, had demanded a UPA meeting on the issue.
At the all-party meeting SP and BSP, both opposed to FDI in retail, however, left the decision on voting on a motion to the presiding officers of the two Houses of Parliament, while Trinamool Congress had its own axe to grind at the rest of the Opposition for not backing its no-confidence motion last week.
TMC, the former ally of Congress, today maintained that it should be left to the Speaker to decide on whether there should be voting on the issue. It taunted the rest of the Opposition saying the government would not not allow a voting and that was why it moved a no-confidence motion last week.
As the Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj declared that there will be no no compromise on the demand for voting on a motion under rule 184, Government said it was ready for a vote and not not averse to it but felt it would be a wrong precedent to vote on an executive decision. (More)