UPA and the business of firefighting

If there is one thing about the move to allow foreign investment in domestic retail on which there is near consensus, it is on the confusion about the timing of the policy change. Regardless of their ideological hue, supporters or opponents, almost everyone, barring the caucus that pushed the idea, is surprised as to why the government would have chosen the start of the winter session of Parliament to launch what is undoubtedly the most disruptive reform initiated ever.

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