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Left, Right come together against FDI
Thursday September 20, 2012 03:04:47 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: In a rare
show of unity, Communist and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders
came together here Thursday to denounce the decision to allow FDI
in multi-brand retail trade.
At a protest rally organised by traders in the heart of the
capital, BJP and Communist veterans lashed out at the government
for what they said was a policy that would ruin India's mammoth
retail sector.
"The tragedy is that our prime minister (Manmohan Singh) has begun
to worship the US," Communist Party of India-Marxist leader
Sitaram Yechury said to loud cheers.
"This is only the beginning, our struggle will continue till the
decision is reversed," added BJP president Nitin Gadkari.
Among others who gathered at the Jantar Mantar protest venue were
BJP's Murli Manohar Joshi, Communist Party of India's A.B. Bardhan
and Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav.
Nearby, supporters of eight political parties including the
Samajwadi Party and the Left organised a separate protest on the
same issue.
Thursday's nationwide protest is also against the decision to
raise diesel prices by Rs.5 a litre and cap to six the number of
subsidised cooking gas cylinders each family can get in a year.
Congress leader and Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika
Soni expressed her unhappiness with the 'bandh'. She was
particularly critical of the Trinamool Congress.
"I am surprised an alliance partner would (protest) because they
are privy to all decisions," she said.
"It is a very difficult decision for any government to take. We
have tried to assure everybody that there is no other way to keep
the economy on track," she added.
The Trinamool has said its ministers will quit the government of
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday in protest against the
economic steps which the government says are a must to kickstart a
sagging economy.
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