Congress to Oppose FDI in Defence in Parliament: Anand Sharma

The senior Congress leader accused the BJP of attempting to destabilise his party.

• Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on 22 June denounced the Modi government’s decision to allow 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence sector by easing norms.
  
• He added the Prime Minister was working under pressure from the US and his party would oppose it in Parliament.
  
• Sharma accused the Modi government of unleashing a “political vendetta” against Congress, trying to destabilise Congress’ governments in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and toppling the party-led government in Arunachal Pradesh in a bid to accomplish its agenda of a ‘Congress-free India’.
  
• Replying to another query, he said he was not in run for post of the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
  

(With agency inputs.)