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However, the government showed no signs of worry saying it had the numbers to face even a no-confidence motion on which only the TMC seems to be very keen.
"NDA will move a resolution under voting provisions seeking disapproval of the government's decision (to permit FDI in multi-brand retail) and urging the government to withdraw the decision," said a statement of the grouping after a 90-minute meeting here today.
The NDA, which met under the chairmanship of L K Advani to finalise its strategy in the Winter Session of Parliament beginning Thursday, appealed to all the political parties which extended support to the nation-wide bandh against the government's FDI decision to support the motion.
The NDA's decision today was almost on the lines of the strategy decided by CPI-M yesterday which said it was keen to go with parties opposed to FDI on a motion that entails voting.
The CPI-M had said the government had numbers and a defeat of the no-confidence motion would give it a look of invincibility, a view BJP leaders also privately shared.
With Trinamool Congress almost isolated in the opposition over its plans to bring a no-confidence motion, the NDA said it has decided to consult all political parties to bring a no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha, in an apparent attempt to keep Trinamool on its side.
"This government has failed on all the fronts and the time has come for it go. The NDA would consult all political parties to explore the possibility of a no-confidence motion against the government," the NDA statement read out by BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
"The NDA appeals to all political parties which supported the Bharat bandh against the decision to bring FDI in retail to cooperate in this disapproval of the decision," it said.
