Opposition
members created an uproar in both Houses of Parliament today over
issues like allowing 51 percent FDI in multi-brand retail, demand for
Telangana state and threat to people of Kerala due to Mullaperiyar dam.
Soon after Speaker Meira Kumar announced start of the Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Opposition members were on their feet demanding a debate on the FDI issue. |
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BJP
member Murli Manohar Joshi, who had given an adjournment notice to
discuss government's policy on FDI, insisted that the issue be taken up
immediately.
He was supported by Sharad Yadav (JD-U) and other NDA members. BJP members also displayed a banner demanding cancellation of the government decision on FDI. Left parties were also demanding a discussion on the same issue and some of their members walked up to the Well. TRS members too walked into the Well and raised their demand for a separate state of Telangana. They were holding placards to press for their demand. Congress members from the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh also walked up to the Well to make the same demand. CPI-M members from Kerala demanded steps for safety of the people of the state, who, they feared, would be affected if the age-old Mullaperiya dam is breached. There were tremors in the area last week. Earlier, the Speaker led the House in paying respects to those killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks three years ago. She also welcomed a Parliamentary delegation from Bulgaria which was seated in the Special Box. In the Rajya Sabha, BSP, JD-U, AIADMK and SP members raised slogans against the government's FDI policy soon after Chairman Hamid Ansari took his seat. 'FDI vapas lo (withdraw FDI),' they chanted, as BJP members joined them. The government has real cause for concern given the fact that the BJP has found backers over the FDI issue in AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and BSP chief Mayawati - the three women Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. |