Can't back FDI, but won't topple government, says Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday rebuffed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appeal to reconsider her opposition to the Cabinet's decision to allow FDI in retail, dealing a lethal blow to the UPA government's attempts to push the decision past the opposition's protests. "The decision to oppose FDI in retail is not my personal decision, it is the decision of our party. Since the prime minister has made a request, I will discuss the issue again with leaders of our party, but there is little scope to reconsider our stand," Banerjee told reporters in Hoogly.

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