Seeking to put pressure on the government on the Walmart lobbying issue, BJP today said it was determined to raise the matter in both Houses of Parliament and seek suspension of Question Hour. Party's chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters after a BJP Parliamentary Party meeting in New Delhi,while Yashwant Sinha will raise the issue in Lok Sabha, M Venkaiah Naidu will raise it in Rajya Sabha today.Prasad said that the money spent on lobbying was spent in India and not in the US and they had the right to know who were the beneficiaries of this money spent on lobbying.BJP had yesterday raised the issue in Rajya Sabha,forcing two adjournments.
He said the party wants an independent probe into the whole affair to ascertain the facts as to who were the
beneficiaries of the amount spent by Walmart on lobbying for entry into India.
M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters outside Parliament House that the party would not allow the Question Hour to function if the government did not meet its demand.
The main opposition party was supported by CPI-M, CPI,SP, JD-U, Trinamool Congress, AGP and AIADMK, whose members demanded a probe, saying corruption has come to the fore.