FDI: Left parties extend support to 'Bharat Bandh'

CPI leaders U N Mishra and Md Jabbar Alam, CPI(M)'s Sarvodaya Sharma and the RSP's America Mahto and Vakil Thakur flayed the UPA government for going ahead with allowing the FDI in retail bypassing the views of some senior ministers like A K Antony.

The measure would be opposed "tooth and nail" as it poses a serious threat to the livelihood of crores of traders and their families, they said.

The CPI, CPI(M), RSP and AIFB will also hold a nation- wide agitation on November 30 against the Centre's decision on the issue, they said.