Ensure protests don't affect businesses: Traders' bodies write to PM, CJI, Rahul Gandhi
Trade groups say protests are cutting footfall and threatening supply chains as they seek legal safeguards for markets during the festive shopping period.
- Leading trade associations wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi this week, expressing concern that political protests over the Special Intensive Revision are disrupting festive season commerce.
- Following opposition protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Delhi faced heavy barricading and the closure of 45 metro stations over the weekend, preventing customers from accessing markets.
- Khan Market Traders Association President Sanjeev Mehra reported traders are operating at only 10-20 per cent of usual business. FAIDA national president C H Krishna said, "Weaponising street protests to choke arterial highways, block public transit and force market shutdowns during our peak festive season is an outright abuse of democratic freedom."
- Associations urged the government to strengthen legal provisions protecting commercial corridors, while requesting the Supreme Court issue binding directions restricting disruptive protests to designated non-commercial locations.
- The festive period from Navratri to Chhath Puja remains critical for millions of traders' livelihoods, and FTII national president Sanjay Bansal warned that continued instability creates an atmosphere of apprehension adversely affecting markets.
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'Business should not affect': Traders urge Rahul Gandhi to halt SIR protests, seek PM's intervention
rade bodies from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Keralam expressed apprehension that protests, road blockades and restrictions on market access could adversely affect business operations, particularly during Navratri, Dussehra, Diwali and Chhath Puja.
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Times of IndiaEnsure protests don't affect businesses: Traders' bodies write to PM, CJI, Rahul Gandhi
Leading traders' bodies in Delhi have communicated with political leaders regarding the impact of protests on businesses. They emphasize the need for stronger measures to protect commercial activities during the festive season. Recent protests have led to significant barricading and disruption of essential transport routes. Traders are particularly concerned about the uncertainty caused by these demonstrations during an economically critical tim…
Trade bodies approach Modi, Rahul, CJI as festive-season business gets hit by protests
Trade associations across India have appealed to national leaders and the Supreme Court to protect commercial corridors as heavy security barricades and SIR political protests severely hit peak festive sales.
"Businesses should not become collateral damage": Trade bodies across India flag festive trade disruptions, urge Rahul Gandhi to halt SIR protests, seek PM’s intervention
Amid an upturn in political protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, several trade and industry associations across the country have written to Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Justice of India, raising concerns over alleged disruptions to commercial activities during the crucial festive season and seeking measures to safeguard traders, workers and businesses.
Rahul Gandhi: It is known that protests have been going on in Delhi and many other parts of the country for the past few days against Sir and demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
Traders appeal to PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi as SIR protests raise business concerns in Delhi
In their separate letters, groups have written that while they respected the rights of every organisations. They said that the timings and manner of protests must not impact businesses, especially due to the ongoing festive season.
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