In a survey conducted by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) across the country, at least 98.8 per cent people supported the boycott of Chinese goods.
While disclosing the results of the survey, CAIT national president B C Bhartia and secretary general Praveen Khandelwal said that CAIT’s online survey conducted for nine days among cross section of the people including traders, farmers, hawkers, consumers, self-entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, working women, students and people from social organisations enthusiastically participated in the survey.
“About 11 thousand people across the Country were invited to take part in the survey out of which 9,735 people responded to the survey,” they said.
The survey was conducted from June 19 to June 27 and 9,735 people from across the country while participating in the survey expressed their opinion on nine questions asked in the survey and answers to the extent of more than 90 per cent were in affirmative which reflects that India stands united against China aggression and the people of India are determined this time to teach a lesson to China, the traders’ body said.
Bhartia added nine questions asked in the survey. “The respective responses were very similar on most of the issues like when asked do you agree that China aggression against Indian Army is wrong, 95.8 per cent were agreed. When asked that do you feel pain after the death of 20 brave Indian soldiers in Ladakh recently, 97.6 per cent said yes,” he said.
Similarly, when asked if you agree that it is enough and we should teach a lesson to China, 97.6 per cent had given a similar opinion saying yes. The next question asked, ‘Do you stand with Indian Army, 99.8 per cent agreed,” he added.
Khandelwal said the results of the survey affirm the strong commitment of Indian people to fight vigorously against China in large numbers. “It was important to observe that the percentage of answers to all the questions in the nine-day survey remained the same which shows that people across the country have a very firm and transparent opinion on the issue and there is no illusion at all,” he said
The traders’ body had already called for a boycott of Chinese goods, listing 450 imported items, condemning China’s military aggression along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh.