New Delhi: The debate on FDI in multi-brand retail under rule 168 that entails voting will take place in the Rajya Sabha on December 6 and 7. This comes after the government agreed to a vote on FDI in retail in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The Samajwadi Party is giving the government jitters with the party leader in the Rajya Sabha, Ram Gopal Yadav, saying the party will vote against FDI in retail in the upper house. "We will vote against the government in the Rajya Sabha and there can be a different stand in both the Houses," Yadav said. However, the Samajwadi Party is expected to abstain from voting on the issue in the Lok Sabha.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari had called a meeting of all parties to resolve the FDI deadlock in the Rajya Sabha as the Opposition pushed for a vote in the upper house as well. The ruling UPA is on thin ice on the numbers in the Upper House and will have to persuade reluctant allies to positively vote for it.
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