BSP with 21 MPs walks out of LS before FDI vote

December 05, 2012 17:47

Sharma argues the point of compulsion versus consensus. He says he had met former ally TMC chief Mamata Banerjee three times and discussed FDI with her, but she was insistent that she did not want FDI. "We respected her decision and took a decision ourselves that will not ask any state to comply with FDI in retail. It was left entirely optional -- whichever state wanted FDI could choose to introduce it. If the state did not want FDI, it was free to abstain. So, this allegation that we have been hearing from the Opposition since the debate opened yesterday that they were not consulted is a lie," says Sharma.

And yes, the BSP with 21 MPs has walked out of the Lok Sabha.

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