Adjournment Motion On Fdi

• FDI row: Parliament paralysed on Day1 of winter session; govt calls for all-party meet on Monday

  With battlelines drawn on the Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail issue, a belligerent opposition has forced repeated adjournment of both Houses. Rajya Sabha has now been adjourned for the day and Lok Sabha is scheduled to reconvene at 2 pm.

• Stormy Winter Session in store as Left seeks vote on FDI in multi-brand retail

  The Left today submitted a notice to move an adjournment motion under rule 184 in the Winter Session of Parliament for a vote on the Centre's decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail. If the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha allow the notice, a debate followed by a vote on FDI would take...

• FDI in retail: Congress leaders decide no question of rollback

  Senior leaders of the Congress party have met this evening and decided against any softening of the government's new stand on Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in the multi-brand retail sector. The policy cleared by the Cabinet last week permits 51% FDI. The decision has united the Left and the BJP against the government, and has led to strong deman...

• FDI in retail: Allies angry, opposition wants vote, all-party meet tomorrow

  The core group of the Congress which includes the party's senior-most leaders including the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi met this evening to discuss their strategy ahead of an all-party meeting set for tomorrow morning.

• FDI battle in Parliament today; BJP, Left to move adjournment motion

  If the week gone was stormy for Parliament, it looks like the coming week will bring in a hurricane. The Left and the BJP have joined hands against the government on the issue of allowing 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in the retail sector.