Ahead of 2019 parliamentary and assembly polls in Haryana, the Manohar lal Khattar led BJP Government in the state is pulling out all stops to woo various sections of the society.
In its series, the State Government has now geared up to win over traders’ community of the state. A traders’ Sammelan will be organised in Rohtak on April 8 where Chief Minister Manohar lal is likely to make a series of announcements for the welfare of traders in the state.
“The BJP Government is concerned about the business community and preparing a plan to provide them social security as well as compensate them in case of loss in business,” said Rajiv Jain, media in charge, Haryana BJP.
We have invited the traders to participate at the April 8 event in Rohtak.
The present Government is making efforts to address the grievances of traders, whereas during the rule of the previous Congress and INlD governments, the traders were living in an atmosphere of fear, said he.
The State Government is preparing for bringing the traders under the purview of security insurance scheme, said he.
Jain added that the Chief Minister has been taking feedback from the representatives of the business community during the visits of various districts in this regard. The Chief Minister is likely to make a series of announcements at Rohtak traders’ Sammelan and small traders will be benefitted from this, he said.
Earlier also, the State Government had given compensation to the traders who had suffered losses during the Jat reservation agitation in 2016, he added
Notably, traders in several districts have expressed unhappiness over the decision of demonetization, GST implementation and losses suffered during Jat agitation 2016 in Haryana.
The State Government had last year organized ‘Virat Vyapari Sammelan’ in Kurukshetra.
At the event, the Chief Minister had announced a number of sops for the trading community, including abolition of the market fee on small traders with annual turnover of up to Rs 5 lakh, change in the upper financial limit for VAT/CST refund, an annual award scheme for those who paid maximum taxes and formation of district level traders advisory committees.
Ahead of 2019 polls, the ruling BJP has been organizing various events aimed at wooing vote banks including traders, farmers, dalits among other sections.