New Delhi: Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi on Friday hit back at Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for his remark that narrow politics was hampering implementation of a policy framework on FDI in retail, saying people who "think with a narrow mind" consider it so.
"Jo narrow mind sey sochtey hain, unko narrow lagta hai (people who think with a narrow mind, consider it as narrow)," he told reporters outside Parliament House.
Trinamool Congress is demanding withdrawal of government`s decision to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail.
Trivedi`s comments came hours after Mukherjee had lamented that narrow political gains were hampering early implementation of a policy framework on FDI in retail even though it was being done in a calibrated and sensitive manner.
In a veiled attack on Mukherjee`s reported remarks that opposition to FDI in retail was only political in nature, he said the Finance Minister was "very correct" as Parliament was a political institution. "Parliament is not Lions Club or Rotary Club. It is a political thing. Constitution is a political constitution. Managing the affairs of the country is political. We have a political system which is called democracy. This is not a canteen where we come and have a chit-chat. This is serious business and part of politics. So he is very correct. It is absolutely part of politics," Trivedi added. PTI