Cong: SAD has double standards on FDI
Thursday, 29/11/2012
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121129/punjab.htm#5
Chandigarh: The Punjab Congress today claimed Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal had exposed the Shiromani Akali Dal's (SAD's) "double standards" on the issue of FDI in retail by opposing it at the national level in conjunction with the BJP but "encouraging" it in Punjab by inaugurating a Metro Cash and Carry store in Amritsar.
Pradesh Congress Legal Cell co-chairman Jaiveer Shergill said Sukhbir's decision to inaugurate the Metro store was "devoid of any logic and exposed the double standards adopted by his party".
Shergill said it was ironical that on one hand, Akali MPs were camping in New Delhi in protest against FDI in retail and on the other, Sukhbir "proudly" inaugurated Metro's fourth store in Punjab, highlighting its benefits to the people. He said the benefits stores like Metro would bring to the Punjab farmers would get a boost with FDI in retail.
The Congress leader said the Deputy Chief Minister should clarify how wholesale stores being used as retail stores by consumers due to loopholes in the system could be helpful to Punjab when the SAD had taken an anti-FDI stance.
He said the Deputy Chief Minister while inaugurating the store had said Metro had generated direct employment and promoted state's economy by encouraging procurement from local suppliers. This was in contrast with what he had been saying on the issue of FDI in retail, he added.
