CPI ML to form small traders' federation
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"For trade and business to flourish, peace and harmony are must. Rising crime poses threat to the trading community," CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said while addressing the inaugural meeting held here to announce the formation of the small and marginal traders' federation.
He criticised
and implementation of GST, stating that the two steps have hit the small and marginal traders hard.
"Under the present economic policies, the condition of the poor is getting worse, whereas the assets of the capitalists are increasing robustly," he added.
Grand Alliance (GA) has been raking up the issues of traders and business communities. Early this month, at the state conference of traders, organised by the RJD here, the party's leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav had promised to set up a traders' commission, if the GA formed the govt.
Shambhunath Mehta, earlier associated with confectionery factory; furniture trader Surendra Singh' president of Ara brick-kiln owners' association Umashankar Yadav; cement trader Poonam Devi; footpath shopkeepers' representative Shajade Alam; bus driver Ishwar Dayal Singh; trader from Forbesganj (Araria) Ranjan Bhagat; tyre trader Ganga Sah and rice mill association representative Sachchidanand Rai, among others were present at the meet.
MPs Rajaram Singh and Sudama Prasad called upon people and traders to work for a change of the govt in the state.
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