On the 34th day of Sarafa traders’ strike against the imposition of excise duty, the Bhopal Sarafa traders protested by observing jal satyagrah at Sheetal Das Ki Bagiya at the Upper lake.
A meeting of MP Sarafa Association was also held at Ujjain. The Sarafa traders protested by being half clad and dipped themselves in the Sheetal Das Ki Bagiya at the Upper lake the whole day. They also prayed for Finance Minister so that he can have the wisdom to roll back the excise duty. The Sarafa Traders strike continues throughout the nation. In the Uttar Pradesh region they raised slogans ‘UP Mahaband’ and all the other Traders joined hands with the Sarafa traders and staged a dharna.
While at the Bhopal Sarafa Chowk dhara was staged as usual.
At the same time the whole attention of the Sarafa traders of the state was on the meeting in Ujjain.
In Ujjain meeting it was decided that the strike will continue. The working committee member of Bhopal Sarafa Association Navneet Agarwal informed ‘The Pioneer’ that on Tuesday there will be a national meeting held in Delhi where all the national level Sarafa Associations will participate. That will decide the next move of the Sarafa associations in the nation.