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India BJP Calls for Meeting After Blocking Singh’s Wal-Mart Plan
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India’s main opposition called for an all-party meeting to end parliamentary gridlock over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision last month to allow Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other foreign companies to own supermarkets.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said yesterday that the government must inform all parties of its latest position amid claims by Singh’s biggest ally on Dec. 3 that the policy had been suspended. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters separately yesterday in New Delhi that he will make a statement in parliament when it reconvenes tomorrow after a two-day break.