TRADERS DECLARED TO SUPPORT
TRADE UNION BHARAT BANDH CALL ON 20-21 FEBURARY
CAIT DECLARE DO & DIE
APPROACH TO NATIONWIDE AGITATION AGAINST FDI IN RETAIL
CAIT FORMED CAIT WOMEN
ORGANISATION TO ALLIGN WOMEN POWER
The
Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) , apex body of the trading community
today at its national core committee held at Vashi in Mumbai resolved to
support the Bharat Bandh call on 20th and 21st February,
given by 11 Central Trade Unions of the Country whereas on the other hand the
meeting also declared to observe the February month as “ Retail FDI Agitation
Month” across the Country in furtherance of success of the proposed Massive
“Save Retail Democracy Rally” on forthcoming 7th March at New
Delhi. To align the women power with the agitation against FDI in Retail, the
CAIT has declared to form a “CAIT Women Organization” and constituted a six
member women entrepreneurs of the Country. To intensify the agitation ,
the CAIT has adopted “ Retail FDI Bhagao- Apne Watan Ko Bachao” as the punch
line of the agitation and to make mass awareness all over the Country, the CAIT
also adopted a ‘agitation song” “ Mat Becho Is Desh Ko Yaaron Duniaya Ke Bazar
Main- Apna Fir Bhi Apna Hai Jaisa Bhi Ho Sansar Main. The meeting was chaired
by CAIT National President Mr. B. C. Bhartia.
The core
committee meeting was attended by 53 senior trade leaders of the Country from
leading trade organizations of 21 States and was also attended by more than 100
prominent trade leaders from different Districts of the Maharashtra. The
meeting also bitterly opposed the recently imposed LBT tax by Maharashtra
Government and also demanded the Central Government for re-visiting of the Food
Safety and Standards Act which is nothing but a carbon copy of the foreign Act.
CAIT National
Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal while calling the FDI in Retail as a
battle of “Corporate Aristocracy v/s Retail Democracy” informed that senior
trade union leader and MP Shri Gurudas Das Gupta on behalf of all 11 Central
Trade Unions delivered a request letter to CAIT to join the Bharat Bandh call
of the trade unions on 20-21 Feburary,2013. The Committee while considering the
request decided to support the Trade Union’s Bharat Bandh call and to decide
about the closure of shops on these days a Committee has been constituted to
talk to the trade unions and leaders of other retail stakeholders and
will soon take a decision. The Committee is comprised of CAIT National Chairman
Shri Mahendra Shah, CAIT National President Shri B. C. Bhartia, Senior Vice
President Shri Brijmohan Aggarwal, Kirti Rana, National Organising Secretary
Shri Satish Garg and National Secretary Shri R. P. Khaitan.
Shri
Khandelwal further stated that an Organising Committee of Trade Leaders for
Save Retail Democracy Rally on 7th March, under the
Chairmanship of Shri Satish Garg and consisting of CAIT Delhi State President
Shri Narender Madan, General Secretary Shri Vijay Pal, Senior leader Shri
Adarsh Gupta, Mr. Mahesh Bakhai, Secretary, CAIT Maharashtra Chapter, Prominent
Leader from Haryana Shri Ashok Buwaniwala, Shri Sanjay Patwari of Uttar Pradesh
Vyapar Mandal, Senior Leader from Rajasthan Shri Suresh Patodia, Shri Harish
Garg from Chandigarh and leading trade leader of MP Shri Ramesh Khandelwal
& Shri Radhey Shyam Maheshwari.
Shri
Khandelwal further informed that to obtain the strength of women power in India
with FDI in Retail agitation the CAIT has constituted “ CAIT Women
Organisation” headed by Smt. Seema Sethi, as its National Convenor and a
Governing Board comprising of six leading Women Entrepreneurs including
Ms.Bhagyesh Soni from Gujarat, Smt. Rakhi Softa Sharma from New Delhi, Smt
Jyoti Kapri from Mumbai, Smt Raksha Bharat Shah from Banglore and Smt. Sumitra
Aggarwal .
Shri
Khandelwal also informed that to generate a mass awareness about FDI in Retail,
the CAIT has adopted a “agitation song’ composed by CAIT National Secretary
Shri Ramesh Khanna and such agitation song will be forwarded through CD,
face book, You Tube and by other means to enroll maximum people in the
Country with the agitation,
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