New Delhi: The retail stakeholders of the Country will observe
forthcoming 12th December as " Sankalp Divas" across the Country to
take pledge to continue their nationwide movement against FDI in Retail trade
under the umbrella of " Khudra FDI Virodhi Rashtriya Morcha".(KFVRM)
The farmers, traders,labourers,hawkers,transporters,consumers, SMEs, self
employed groups and other sectors of retail trade will assemble at Gandhi
statute in their respective cities and will take a pledge to continue the
national movement till next Lok Sabha elections in 2014. Mr. B. C. Bhartia,
National President and Mr. Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General of the
Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in a joint statement released here
today said that the KFVRM has also appealed to all those political parties who
have opposed FDI in Retail in Parliament to extend their support and join the
protestors in their respective States, in a communication sent to Heads and
prominent leaders of all such political parties.
The chain of such "Pledge Ceremony" will be led by a
similar function at Rajghat, the Samadhi of Mahatama Gandhi in which leading
politicians of different parties, scholars, economists, retail experts and
other distinguished persons will join the pledge ceremony.To maintain the dignity
of such a pledge a dummy of Mahatama Gandhi will recite the pledge followed by
the people of different sections.
Both Mr. Bhartia and Mr. Khandelwal informed that a two days
national convention of prominent trade leaders of different states has been
convened by CAIT on forthcoming 16th and 17th December at Jaipur to take stock
of the situation and to draw future plan of action.
They further said that now this movement will begin with a
slogan "150 plus 30 v/s Crore 120". Spelling out the slogan they said
that it is fight between 150 domestic corporate houses plus 30 MNCs v/s 120
crore people of the Country and its final verdict will come out from the ballot
boxes of Lok Sabha elections in 2014. All those political parties who inspite
of knowing the political manipulations of UPA, have supported the FDI in
Retail, a pledge campaign will be launched across the Country for obtaining
signatures from the people with a clear motto of not to vote for such ;parties.
The manner in which the FDI is allowed by ignoring the ground realties of
retaail trade and lofting wrong figures and facts by the Govt, a challange has
been posed for the livelihood of crores of people in the Country. " We
accept the challange and since this issue has been politicised by the Government,
it will be replied properly with political answers.
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