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 20^th and 21^st 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 7^th 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 7^th 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,