TMC, DMK criticism worries Congress

What is causing the greatest concern to the Congress is that its two major allies — the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) which together have 36 MPs — are openly opposing the move to permit foreign direct investment (FDI) in the multi-brand retail sector. In an attempt to soften them, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma pointed out in a letter that as India had a federal structure of government, “the FDI policy is an enabling framework and it remains the prerogative of the States to adopt it.”

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