The UPA government yesterday dealt a major blow to the opposition in the Rajya Sabha by winning a vote on FDI in retail by 14 votes and declared that there was no stopping India’s reform process.

In contrast to speculation that the government may lose the vote in the upper house, the victory proved pretty easy as the SP trooped out — like in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday — while the BSP voted in favour of FDI in multi-brand retail.