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Mamata's no-confidence move not useful:
Karat
Monday November 19, 2012 07:20:06 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Trinamool
Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's no-confidence motion against the
UPA will not be useful at this stage as the government has the
numbers, CPI-M leader Prakash Karat said Monday. He added that his
party was trying to isolate the ruling alliance on the FDI in
retail issue.
The Trinamool, the Communist Party of India-Marxist's rival in
West Bengal, has said it will move a no-confidence motion against
the Manmohan Singh government during parliament's winter session
starting Nov 22.
"There is general consensus among the opposition parties that a
no-confidence motion against the UPA will not be useful at this
stage as the government has the numbers," the CPI-M general
secretary told reporters during an interaction at the Indian
Women's Press Corp here.
"We want a debate with voting on the government's move to bring
foreign equity in multi-brand retail trade to corner the
government."
Karat said the defeat of a no-confidence motion would be seen by
the government as an endorsement of its policies.
He denied that the Left parties were divided on the issue.
Stating that a negative vote on the FDI issue will be morally
binding on the government, Karat said his party was talking to
other opposition parties to politically isolate the UPA on
alternative issues, including corruption, high food prices and the
proposed food security bill.
"We are talking to other opposition parties. You will get to know
our stand in the next 48 hours," said Karat. "We hope the
opposition parties will come to an understanding."
According to Karat, bringing foreign supermarket chains in India
will displace small retail trade and affect around 40 million
people.
He also criticised Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, who said
parliament had never debated a policy decision, and cited the
instance of the NDA government's move to divest some shares of the
public sector BALCO that was debated and defeated in parliament.
He expressed the hope that the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which support the UPA government from
outside, would see the CPI-M's point of view.
"The SP is opposed to the FDI. We will take their view into
account," said Karat.
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