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Mulayam hints at withdrawing support to UPA
Monday December 17, 2012 08:10:06 PM,
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New Delhi:
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said here Monday he
will deliberate on supporting the UPA government when the time
comes, even as the Congress rejected his charge that CBI was used
to influence its decision on FDI in retail and the jobs quota
bill.
"The party will think over the issue (on supporting UPA) at an
appropriate time," Yadav told reporters. The SP supports the
Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government from outside.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also accused the
government of entrapping him through the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI).
"The government has entrapped me through the CBI," he said adding:
"I am not afraid of the CBI."
"There is no question of any influence. There is no proof of it,"
Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko told reporters.
"The SP and the BSP took their positions on FDI on their own. I
don't think a leader of Mulayam Singh Yadav's stature would be
afraid of CBI," Chacko said.
Mulayam's subtle hint came on the day his party demanded
proportionate reservation for Muslims through a constitutional
amendment in an apparent move to counter the push for quota in
promotion for the Schedule Castes (SCs) and the Schedule Tribes (STs)
in government jobs.
SP's Rajya Sabha member Ram Gopal Yadav raised the issue during
Zero Hour.
"When a quota in promotion (for SC/ST) can be given by amending
the constitution, then why Muslims should not be given reservation
in proportion to their population through a constitution amendment
bill," Yadav asked.
LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan and RJD members supported him.
The SP's move is timed with the controversial quota bill (The
Constitution 117th Amendment Bill, 2012) which was taken up in the
house Friday under apparent pressure from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
chief Mayawati and was listed for consideration and passage
Monday.
Both SP and BSP had helped the ruling UPA in the FDI vote in
parliament.
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