New Delhi: A large
protest against FDI in retail was seen at Gandhi Samadhi at Rajghat in New
Delhi when leaders of both BJP and Left front joined hands together to take a
pledge to continue their fight against FDI in Retail till the policy is
withdrawn by the Government. It is noteworthy that not only NDA but even left
parties will also reject the current FDI notification if voted to power in
2014-said CPM Leader Sita Ram Yechury today at the Dharna. Earlier, the NDA
Convenor Sharad Yadav and senior BJP Leader Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi have
already announced rejection of FDI notification if voted to power in 2014.
The
unprecedented scene of coming together of ideologically political adversaries
happened at the “Sankalp Divas “ observed today by retail stakeholders across
the Country under the umbrella of Khudra FDI Virodhi Rashtriya Morcha,(KFVRM),
a joint coalition of all retail stakeholders in India. The strong sentiments of
people gathered at the protest and the politicians views gave enough signal
that fight against FDI will continue as the protestors took a solemn pledge to
initiate a national movement at every nook and corner of the Country for
generating a firm view that the political parties supporting FDI in Retail must
not be voted in forthcoming Assembly elections in different states and Lok
Sabha polls in the year 2014.
Large number activists
of organisations of farmers, hawkers, traders, small industry, transporters,
cooperatives, consumers, self employed groups and labourers joined the protest
who were administered the pledge by Shri Pradeep Sharma, coordinator of KFVRM.
Prominent those attended the protest includes Farmer Leaders Naresh Sirohi, Dr.
Krishanvir Chaudhary, Trade Leaders Satish Garg, Narender Madan, Ramesh Khanna,
Vijay Pal, Saudan Singh & Shakeel Ahemad from Hawkers Federation, Qasim
Malik and Raj Kumar Bhatia from fruits and vegetables association, Ved Prakash
Gupta,Ravindra Bansal & M. L. Dhawan from SME sector erc.
Mr. Praveen
Khandelwal, Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT),
who is at the forefront in opposing FDI in Retail, cautioned the political
parties not to take a ride on the shoulders of traders and other retail
stakeholders on issue of FDI in Retail. “The Government has politicized the
issue by adopting manipulative tactics in the Parliament for securing majority
and the retail stakeholders are prepared to give a fitting political reply to
all such parties who have supported the FDI in Retail which is nothing but a
tool to control and dominate retail trade of India and to consolidate money
from the pockets of masses to the pockets of few big corporate houses of the
Country. He reminded the Government that in democracy the head account is more
important and we have it with us which will be proved by the ballot boxes of
Lok Sabha polls of year 2014.
The notification of FDI
in retail contravenes the preamble of Constitution of India which assures
social, economic and political justice to the people of India. The entry of
MNCs into retail trade will emerge into an uneven level playing field and will
hurt the spirit of the Indian Constitution.
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