The call of Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) claimed that Chinese Rakhi were not visible in the markets as traders’ boycotted it noticing mood of the consumers who shifted their demand from Chinese Rakhi to Indian Rakhi this year in the wake of recent rift between the two country.
Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General of the CAIT under the call of Hindustani Rakhi, business leaders organised production of Rakhis with Indian goods in more than 250 cities across the Country in last 20 days.
“Women working in homes, anganwadi working women and women living in slum colonies and other people who lost their job in Corona were encouraged by CAIT leaders and for making Rakhi with them. With cooperation and workmanship of such women, the CAIT could able to obtain Hindustani rakhis in large quantities to the tune of about 1 crore Rakhi. Prominently Modi Rakhi, Rafael Rakhi, Jai Hind Rakhi, Vande Mataram Rakhi and Vedic Rakhi were the centre of attraction among the traders and general people of the Country,” he said.
According to an estimate, every year there is a demand of about 50 crore Rakhis and beside CAIT, several other groups in large numbers in different States made Rakhis using Indian goods as also the traditional manufacturers of Rakhis also produced large numbers of Rakhis.
The traders’ body said that for the first time, various types of innovative Rakhis were made on the call of CAIT, including Khadi Rakhi made in Nagpur, Sanganeri art Rakhi in Jaipur, Seed rakhi in Pune, wool rakhi in Satna in Madhya Pradesh, rakhi from tribal items in Jamshedpur, tea leaves rakhi in Assam's Tinsukia city, jute rakhi in Kolkata, silk rakhi in Mumbai, date palm rakhi in Kerala, pearl rakhi in Kanpur, Madhubani and Maithili art rakhi in Bihar, stone Rakhi in Pondicherry, flower rakhi in Bangalore, etc were prominently created, which showed India's distinct identity of unity in diversity!
In the next phase of its campaign, the CAIT announced to celebrate this year's Diwali as "Hindustani Diwali" and no Chinese goods will be used in the Diwali festival!