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Congress wants us to shut shops to prove their point, allege jewellers
- by Webdesk
- 13 Apr 2016
The jewellers, who called off their 43-day strike before Rahul Gandhi could offer support, criticise the party for instigating them to continue protesting .
A day before Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was supposed to set foot in Zaveri Bazaar, jewellers had called off their 43-day-long strike, but when he did come, the protestors didn’t seem happy.
Jewellers condemned Congress’ effort to encourage them to continue the strike and called it the party’s move to prove their point against the government.
The jewellers had been protesting against the Budget proposal to impose 1 per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery since February 29. Most national jewellery associations had called off their strike on March 19 and on Monday even regional ones did the same. Meanwhile, small shops in Zaveri Bazaar were still shut, as the whole market would open tomorrow.
Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief Sanjay Nirupam, who was accompanying Rahul, while supporting the strike told jewellers, “The BJP is trying to break our unity. We won’t break and stand together till the end.”
Strike may restart:
Although the associations have called of their strike, Shailesh Ranka, board member of Maharashtra State Jewellery Federation and Pune Saraf Association, said they took this step since shops were shut for a long time but if after 10 days their demands are not met, they might again go on strike.
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