TRADERS BLAMED POLITICAL PARTIES FOR THEIR SUFFERINGS TRADERS NATIONAL MSUMMIT ON 27th- 28th FEB AT NEW DELHI

TRADERS BLAMED POLITICAL PARTIES FOR THEIR SUFFERINGS
TRADERS NATIONAL MSUMMIT ON 27th- 28th FEB AT NEW DELHI

Vijyender Sharma
SHIMLA--------Having a watchful eye on forthcoming Lok Sabha polls and ensuring its important role in the elections, the trading community of the Country has begin a process of converting itself into a Vote Bank and senior leaders of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) are moving around the Country to polarize the traders. In pursuance of its object, the CAIT is organizing a Traders National Summit on forthcoming 27-28th February, 2014 at New Delhi which will be inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

CAIT National President Mr. B. C. Bhartia and Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal today informed that the CAIT has also invited Congress Vice President Mr. Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders of BJP, Congress, CPM, CPI, JD (U), SP, BSP, TMC, AIADMK, DMK, TDP, RJD, Shiv Sena, Akali Dal etc. The CAIT will present the political leaders a "Traders Charter" and will seek their explicit stand on its charter.

Both Mr. Bhartia and Mr. Khandelwal said that the political spectrum of the Country has so far grossly neglected the trading community and has taken a comfortable ride on us but now it is high time and the traders across the Country have decided to bring end to this system. The trade leaders deeply regretted that more than 6 crore traders of the Country conducting business activities in unorganised sector feels cheated by the political fraternity since in spite of generating an annual turnover of more than 20 lakh crores of rupees and making a magnificent contribution of about 15percent to national GDP, the trading community has never find itself on priority of neither any Government nor on any political fraternity. The Lok Sabha polls are an opportunity for us to underline our importance in Indian economy and we are gearing ourselves for the cause.

They said that multiple taxation system, archaic laws, Acts and Rules, harassment and victimization at the hands of bureaucracy, absence of any national or state level trade policy for traders, absence of any viable financial mechanism to provide financial assistance to traders, govt policies to crush small traders have become the order of the day and unfortunately those in power are least bothered about this sorry state of affairs and have always taken the trading community in a light manner. FDI in Retail, FDI in Retail in E Commerce, Free Trade Agreement with European Countries and other nations, upgradation and modernization of existing retail trade are some of the major issues of concern of the traders.

Mr. Bhartia and Mr.Khandelwal said that traders across the Country have decided to oppose such rule with tooth and nail and if need arises, they will not hesitate to launch a nationwide campaign during Lok sabha polls. The New Delhi Convention is destined to set the agenda for the future and traders are consolidating themselves to convert into a vote bank now since vote bank politics has taken the centre stage.
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**VijyenderSharma*, Press Correspondent Bohan Dehra Road  JAWALAMUKHI-176031, Kangra HP(INDIA)*
 
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