In response to the call for a 'Bharat Trade Bandh' against the Walmart-Flipkart deal and FDI in retail, the commercial markets across the country were closed on Friday, a CAIT statement said
Shops closed during 'Bharat Bandh' called by CAIT, in Bhopal on Friday. Pic/PTI
Amid a nation-wide traders' strike on Friday called by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the organisation submitted a memorandum to PM Narendra Modi. In response to the call for a 'Bharat Trade Bandh' against the Walmart-Flipkart deal and FDI in retail, the commercial markets across the country were closed on Friday, a CAIT statement said.
The traders' body submitted the memorandum and a Traders Charter to Modi urging for his intervention to stop the deal as it violates FDI Policy Press Note Number 3 of 2016 of the government, CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said. It urged Modi to constitute a high-level committee under the chairmanship of a senior Union Minister to look into the matter.
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