<p>An angry Centre on Tuesday hit out at the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for reversing the decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and termed the move “irresponsible”.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“India is not a banana republic where policy decisions can be reversed,” Sharma said terming the Delhi government decision to disallow FDI in multi-brand retail “abrupt, irresponsible and ill-considered”.<br /><br />The ministry, he said, will examine the communication of the newly installed Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government on reversing the earlier decision of the state to allow foreign direct investment policy in multi-brand retail trading. <br /><br />Sharma said the Centre would also examine whether a minority government with outside support could reverse such decisions.<br /><br />The AAP government was formed after eight Congress MLAs extended outside support to Kejriwal to form the government in the national capital territory.<br /><br />Sharma said the Delhi government led by the then chief minister Sheila Dikshit had approved the policy and issued a gazette notification. “Ideologies apart, flip-flops on policy decisions like retail FDI signal instability and can hurt the nation at large in the long run,” Congress leader Milind Deora said on micro-blogging site Twitter.<br /><br />Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely claimed there was no legal backing for the decision of the Kejriwal government.<br /><br />“We will call for a discussion on the matter in the Delhi Assembly,” he said.</p>
<p>An angry Centre on Tuesday hit out at the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for reversing the decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and termed the move “irresponsible”.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“India is not a banana republic where policy decisions can be reversed,” Sharma said terming the Delhi government decision to disallow FDI in multi-brand retail “abrupt, irresponsible and ill-considered”.<br /><br />The ministry, he said, will examine the communication of the newly installed Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government on reversing the earlier decision of the state to allow foreign direct investment policy in multi-brand retail trading. <br /><br />Sharma said the Centre would also examine whether a minority government with outside support could reverse such decisions.<br /><br />The AAP government was formed after eight Congress MLAs extended outside support to Kejriwal to form the government in the national capital territory.<br /><br />Sharma said the Delhi government led by the then chief minister Sheila Dikshit had approved the policy and issued a gazette notification. “Ideologies apart, flip-flops on policy decisions like retail FDI signal instability and can hurt the nation at large in the long run,” Congress leader Milind Deora said on micro-blogging site Twitter.<br /><br />Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely claimed there was no legal backing for the decision of the Kejriwal government.<br /><br />“We will call for a discussion on the matter in the Delhi Assembly,” he said.</p>
