Traders in the national Capital would now adopt a different way to lodge their protest against the incessant sealing drive. The traders body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has decided to present roses to officials of municipal corporations, Delhi Development Authority and New Delhi Municipal Council under the ‘My Valentine-My Shop’ campaign, demanding an ordinance by the Centre to end the sealing drives. Also, a mega rally would also be organised against the drive at the Ramleela Maidan on February 15, it said.
CAIT secretary general Praveen Khandelwal said bringing an ordinance is essential now since the Monitoring Committee is conducting sealing in a most arbitrary manner, crushing the democratic rights of the traders.
He alleged that the sealing drive was going on in “violation” of the laws. “The so-called guilty are being punished without following the due process of the law,” he said.
The civic bodies are conducting the sealing drive against commercial units, under the supervision of a Supreme Court appointed Monitoring Committee, since December last year.
Scores of commercial units have been sealed and fines have been imposed on traders over violations of Delhi Master Plan 2021 and non-payment of conversion charges.
The confederation will approach the Supreme Court against conducting of the sealing drive by the monitoring committee. A meeting with the Union Home minister Rajnath Singh is also planned, he said.