Why the govt is calling the all-party meet tomorrow
November 28, 2011  14:30

Details of the all-party meeting scheduled for tomorrow.

With the political opposition over FDI in retail gathering momentum, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held consultations with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and is likely to call an all-party meeting tomorrow to resolve the deadlock in Parliament.

Singh held consultations with Gandhi soon after the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha adjourned for the second day on the FDI issue.

The DMK has termed the decision as "dangerous" and demanded that the decision be withdrawn forthwith. 

Government sources said moves were afoot to call an all-party meeting tomorrow in a bid to break the deadlock over the issue which saw Congress ally Trinamool Congress joining the united opposition in demanding cancellation of the Cabinet decision on allowing FDI in retail.

The BJP-led NDA has already declared that it would not allow Parliament to function till government withdraws the decision on FDI in retail. 

The BJP and the Left parties were among several who had given adjournment motion notices in Lok Sabha today.

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