Sharma asks Modi to withdraw Raje's retail FDI decision

Says Rajasthan CM\'s reversal of previous state govt decision to allow FDI in multibrand retailing is against norms

"They (BJP) should put it in their manifesto,” he told reporters here on Tuesday. According to Sharma, a state government's decision to allow FDI in multibrand retailing is irrevocable, "exercised and exhausted”. After ousting the Congress government in Rajasthan, the Raje regime  reversed the earlier decision to allow FDI here.

Last week Modi had stated small retailers must learn to work with large modern stores and online companies, indicating a possible change of stance by the BJP on retail FDI policy.

Sharma said foreign investors were repeatedly threatened with the BJP's threat to withdraw the decision on multibrand retail FDI, though it had been passed by the cabinet.