Mumbai: The BJP on Monday alleged that the decision by the UPA Government to allow FDI in retail sector was done to deflect attention from Home Minister P Chidambaram's involvement in the 2G scam.
BJP wanted Parliament to function but had decided not to allow Chidambaram to speak in the House owing to his involvement in the 2G scam, party spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain said at a press conference in Mumbai.
He said the UPA Government decided to allow FDI in retail as part of a strategy to avoid any debate on Chidambaram's involvement in the 2G scam.
Demanding rollback of the decision on FDI in retail, he said due to recession the world over, Walmart has no consumers. "Foreign companies consider India as their market and the Congress is facilitating their entry. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's job is to worry about the aam aadmi here and not American and European companies," he said, adding, Singh should explain under whose pressure the decision on FDI in retail was taken.
He said the Prime Minister chose to speak on FDI not in Parliament or at the all-party meeting, but at the Youth Congress meeting. "Is the Youth Congress more important than Parliament or the all-party meeting," he asked.
Stating that Parliament deadlock was due to the "arrogance" of the Congress and not because of the BJP, he said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had called Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and put forth the government's proposals to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament.
"Sushma Swaraj had told Mukherjee that all proposals should be put before the All Party meeting on Wednesday. Mukherjee had heard us out at the last meeting and said he would get back after conveying the sentiments of the parties to the Prime Minister. But, that did not happen," he said.
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