The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is completely lying on FDI that it will farmers, small manufacturers and create more employment, said AIADMK leader V. Maitreyan on Thursday.
"The prime minister had opposed FDI when he was in the opposition, today he is (its) prime mover, said Maitreyan, who raised the motion against foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was also against the FDI in retail earlier when the UPA-I was in governance, he added.
Addressing the government's rationale behind FDI as "damned lies at the worst", Maitreyan appealed all political parties to join hands to defeat the "minority government in the house".
"The government can muster the numbers but I appeal to all political parties to vote ... and save the country. What is poison for Tamil Nadu can't be nectar for Andhra (Pradesh)," he said.
The AIADMK leader accused the government saying the government promised earlier in 2011 that any decision regarding FDI in retail would be taken only after prior consensus but had gone back on its pledge.
"Experiences of other countries that implemented the multi-brand retail is well documented and publicised. But the Congress doesn't want to learn lessons from other countries", he added.
"Maybe they want to experience the 'kolaveri' (rage) first hand," he said.
He added that the government has claimed to provide jobs to 10 million peoples and better price to farmers after the implementation of FDI.
"But the government is not telling us how many people will lose jobs by allowing FDI in retail. About 90 percent of total jobs in India is in the unorganized sector and 40 million people are in retail sector, and they will be uprooted," he said.
-With inputs from ANI
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