SURAT: With just six days left for election campaigning to end, political parties are leaving no stone unturned to woo textile traders of the textile markets located on Ring Road in the city.
While Congress candidates are making their national leaders to visit the textile markets and have one-on-one discussion with the traders' community over Goods and Service Tax (GST) and demonetisation, BJP leaders, too, are going after the traders.
On Friday, BJP candidate and sitting MLA Harsh Sanghavi went to campaign in the textile markets with Rajasthan's home minister Gulab Chand Kataria and Union minister of state for law and justice P P Chaudhary. Both Kataria and Chaudhary are from Rajasthan and the textile markets have Marwari traders in huge numbers. Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia could also visit the Diamond City on November 5 to meet Marwari voters, especially the textile traders.
Two days ago, Congress leader Anand Sharma and former chief minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda held meetings with the textile traders. Earlier, Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot had also visited the textile markets. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had also visited the textile markets in the first week of November.
Harsh Sanghavi also met textile trader Hitesh Sanklecha, who had grabbed the headlines during the 20-day-long indefinite strike against GST in July. Sanklecha was on indefinite hunger strike for 22 days demanding removal of five per cent GST on MMF fabrics. Sanklecha had played a key role in organizing the massive rally of textile traders on Ring Road.
Former president of Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA) Sanjay Jagnani said, "National leaders from both the parties are visiting the traders. Even Union finance minister Arun Jaitley met textile stakeholders during his recent visit to the city and promised to resolve GST issues. But, the traders are angry with GST and BJP's policy of not giving representation to north Indians in the assembly elections."
Harsh Sanghavi said, "We are moving in all the textile markets for campaigning. Union finance minister Jaitley has assured the government's support to resolve procedural issues faced by the textile sector because of GST. I am sure that the textile traders are happy. They will soon see simplification formula in the coming days."
While Congress candidates are making their national leaders to visit the textile markets and have one-on-one discussion with the traders' community over Goods and Service Tax (GST) and demonetisation, BJP leaders, too, are going after the traders.
On Friday, BJP candidate and sitting MLA Harsh Sanghavi went to campaign in the textile markets with Rajasthan's home minister Gulab Chand Kataria and Union minister of state for law and justice P P Chaudhary. Both Kataria and Chaudhary are from Rajasthan and the textile markets have Marwari traders in huge numbers. Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia could also visit the Diamond City on November 5 to meet Marwari voters, especially the textile traders.
Two days ago, Congress leader Anand Sharma and former chief minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda held meetings with the textile traders. Earlier, Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot had also visited the textile markets. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had also visited the textile markets in the first week of November.
Harsh Sanghavi also met textile trader Hitesh Sanklecha, who had grabbed the headlines during the 20-day-long indefinite strike against GST in July. Sanklecha was on indefinite hunger strike for 22 days demanding removal of five per cent GST on MMF fabrics. Sanklecha had played a key role in organizing the massive rally of textile traders on Ring Road.
Former president of Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA) Sanjay Jagnani said, "National leaders from both the parties are visiting the traders. Even Union finance minister Arun Jaitley met textile stakeholders during his recent visit to the city and promised to resolve GST issues. But, the traders are angry with GST and BJP's policy of not giving representation to north Indians in the assembly elections."
Harsh Sanghavi said, "We are moving in all the textile markets for campaigning. Union finance minister Jaitley has assured the government's support to resolve procedural issues faced by the textile sector because of GST. I am sure that the textile traders are happy. They will soon see simplification formula in the coming days."
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