PM meets DMK, Trinamool; no assurance on FDI rollback

December 01, 2011 16:15

Update on FDI

With the DMK and Trinamool Congress opposing FDI in retail, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reached out to the two UPA partners but gave no assurance of a rollback of the controversial decision that has led to logjamin Parliament.

Singh made it clear that the government was determined to go ahead with the decision taken last week to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail and 100 per cent FDI in single-brand retail despite the widespread uproar.

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