Voting on FDI in retail will set wrong precedent: Sharma

The minister said that government will have a strategy in Parliament and will firmly defend the decision.

FP Archives|Dec 20, 2014, 13:51:04 IST

Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma today said that the FDI in retail is an execution decision and there should not be voting in Parliament as it would set a bad precedent.

"We can't create bad precedents. Everything should not be tramped in partisan politics. It will harm farmers, consumers and faith of investors," Sharma told CNBC-TV18's Aakansha Sethi.

[caption id="attachment_526399" align="alignleft" width="380"] Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma. Image courtesy PIB[/caption]

"FDI in retail is a decision by an elected government and it is in the country's best interest," he said.

The minister said that government will have a strategy in Parliament and will firmly defend the decision.

"I have discussed slowdown in growth, contraction of exports, trade account deficit with Finance Minister P Chidambaram," Sharma said.

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