Bandh non-existent in A’bad; CAIT office-bearers say bandh successful in Vadodara & Surat
Leadership within Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in Delhi and in Gujarat is responsible for flop-show of Bharat Vyapar Bandh in Gujarat, allege traders associated with CAIT. Political affiliations of leaders, their selective stand and lack of proper roadmap to tackle the onslaught of organized retailers and e-commerce companies are said to be the reasons why traders in most parts of Gujarat stayed away from the bandh.
The bandh was almost non-existent in Ahmedabad. CAIT office-bearers claimed that bandh was successful in Vadodara and Surat, a claim disputed by a section within the trading community. There was a response in Rajkot and most of the trading hubs remained closed during the day, said Samir Shah, former president of Rajkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI).
Traditional shopping hubs in the city like Gandhi Road, Relief Road, Madhupura market in old city areas, while those like CG Road, Shivaranjni and SG Highway functioned as usual.
A trade leader in the city said that volunteers did not reach out physically to the shopkeepers and most of the communication was through ‘Whatsapp’. “There was no follow up either by meeting in person or through phone calls. So obviously shop keepers did not respond,” said the trade leaders. “Moreover, most of the traders were gauging responses from other organisations. In the process, no one took the initiative and there was no participation in the bandh,” he said.
Close to 25,000 medical stores operators in Gujarat joined their nine lakh odd brethren across the country in putting down their shutters on Friday as a mark of protest against government’s nod to online pharmacy stores to operate in the country. Pharmacists said that they are opposed to FDI in online pharmacy as they indulge in predatory pricing which is intended to wipe out the competition from small-time pharmacists and chemist and then charge exorbitantly from the customers. Medical store owners under the aegis of The Federation of Gujarat State Chemists and Druggists Associations led the bandh in Gujarat against government’s draft notification to legalized e-pharmacies in the country.
A BLACK FRIDAY?
NOT REALLY... BUT, HOW WAS THE DAY
PROTEST BY PHARMACISTS TOTAL IN THE STATE
25K medical stores operators in Gujarat joined their nine lakh odd brethren
5.5 lakh dealers registered under GST
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