Mayawati On Fdi In Retail

• Our notice for floor test on FDI exposed Mayawati, Mulayam Singh: BJP

  After the Opposition lost the vote on FDI in multi-brand retail in both Houses of Parliament, the BJP today claimed it gave the notice for a debate and voting against the Centre's move to expose arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, which were against foreign investment in the retail sector.

• Government wins FDI vote in Rajya Sabha: who said what

  With help from Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati again, the government has won a vote in the Rajya Sabha on allowing foreign supermarkets such as Wal-Mart to set up shop in India for the first time. The government had already won a vote on Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail in the Lok Sabha two days earlier.

• Government wins multi-brand retail FDI vote in Rajya Sabha

  The government today won the vote on its controversial decision to allow foreign direct investment or FDI in multi-brand retail. Out of the 212 members present and voting, 116 voted with the government and 95 voted against FDI.

• FDI vote: Mayawati, Mulayam help Govt win in Rajya Sabha too

  The government today won the vote on its controversial decision to allow foreign direct investment or FDI in multi-brand retail. Out of the 232 members present and voting, 123 voted with the government and 109 voted against FDI.

• Sensex recovers 300 points on Mayawati's decision to support FDI

  The BSE Sensex recovered over 200 points from the day's low after the BSP announced that it will vote in favour of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail in the Upper House. The government is in a minority in the Upper House and needed the active support of the SP and the BSP to scrape through.

• FDI debate in Rajya Sabha: BSP will vote in favour of government, says Mayawati

  After the government's FDI-in-retail win in the Lok Sabha, the focus is on the Rajya Sabha, which, at noon today, begun debating the decision to allow big foreign supermarkets to set up shop in India.

• FDI in retail: Government wins vote in Lok Sabha with help from Mulayam, Mayawati

  The Manmohan Singh government has won the vote on FDI in multi-brand retail in Lok Sabha; in division, 471 votes were cast, 253 MPs voted against the BJP motion and 218 voted for it. The BSP and SP, which provide external support to the Manmohan Singh government, helped it defeat the BJP motion by walking out before the House. BSP sources have said...

• FDI in retail: Government wins vote in Lok Sabha with help from Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati

  The Manmohan Singh government has won the vote on Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail in the Lok Sabha. In division, 471 votes were cast, 253 MPs voted against the BJP motion challenging the government's policy decision and 218 voted for it. The BSP and Samajwadi Party, which provide external support to the government, helped it ...

• FDI in retail: BSP likely to vote for government, say sources

  Will Mayawati bail the UPA government out on FDI in multi-brand retail in the Rajya Sabha? Sources in her party say the BSP's 15 MPs could vote in favour of FDI in the Upper House, where the government is in a minority and is scrambling for numbers. While the BSP, sources say, is still wary of how FDI will affect small retailers and farmers, politi...

• FDI in retail debate: Roll back FDI or you will be rolled back, JD(U) warns Government

  How will Mulayam Singh Yadav vote this evening on the BJP's motion opposing the government's decision to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail? The Samajwadi Party chief argued against the government's policy in the Lok Sabha yesterday and the party says it will either vote FDI in retail or abstain. The government's floo...

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  FDI in retail not good for nation, says Mulayam Singh Yadav; PM changed his stand, says BJP

  FDI in retail debate: All eyes are on Mulayam Singh Yadav, who provides crucial external support to the UPA government, and is speaking now in a debate on Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail in the Lok Sabha.

• FDI: Highlights of the debate in Lok Sabha

  After debating the contentious issue of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail for two days, the Lok Sabha voted on the issue this evening, which went in favour of the UPA government after Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party walked out.

• Mayawati's stand on FDI fronts her terms for support to govt

  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has toughened stand on quota in promotion bill. She has linked her support on FDI to quota bill. Mayawati is insisting that quota in promotions bill be passed before vote on FDI taken up.

• The government's Rajya Sabha worries: Mulayam Singh Yadav vs Mayawati

  The Manmohan Singh government has conceded to the opposition demand for a vote on Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail in both Houses of Parliament. It has its numbers stitched up in the Lok Sabha, but in the Rajya Sabha, where it is in a distinct minority, the Manmohan Singh government will have to disentangle some political knots

• Corruption case may return, Mayawati says she's not sure of support to UPA

  Mayawati has delayed a decision on whether she will continue to prop up the ruling coalition at the centre. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief consulted her party's top leaders in Lucknow on Wednesday morning, and said that she will now take a few days to make up her mind. "You will know my decision shortly," she said.