Manmohan Singh govt which had become a minority govt after the Trinamool Congress withdrew support got another reprieve with the opposition motion on FDI in multi brand retail was defeated in the Loksabha on 5th instant.This was possible only with the walk out of SP and BSP which are known fot their sheer political opportunism but not before the Congress indulging in large scale political horse trading.However the discussion on the motion proved that 14 parties with a combined stregth of 282 MPs in the Loksabha which has got 543 effective MPs,are opposed to FDI in multibrand retail which is sure to throw the lives of 20 crore people to disarray