CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said the Government may face difficulty in passing the motion on FDI in multi-brand, if all those parties which protested along with the left parties would maintain the same stand in Rajya Sabha. Yechury was answering questions on Samjawadi Party’s stand on the statutory motion brought by CPI(M) on this regard.
“If all those parties who joined us on the streets to protest the allowing of FDI in multi-brand retail trade vote with us in the Upper House, then the Government is in a minority,” he said.
Yechury, who has moved the statutory motion in the Rajya Sabha, said the motion was part of the agenda for the ongoing session and it “has to be disposed of by the end of this session and voting has to happen”.
The motion, which seeks to amend the FEMA notification permitting FDI in multi-brand retail, has been accepted by Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari.
Maintaining that the Government has not spoken to the left parties on the pending bills to open up the pension and insurance sectors to FDI, Yechury said there have been talks between leaders of the ruling Congress and main Opposition BJP on these issues.