Textile traders in Ahmedabad have gone on an indefinite strike from Monday to mount pressure on the government to roll back 5 per cent GST on cloth. The decision was taken by Maskati Cloth Market Association, New Cloth Market and Panchkuva Cloth Market. As per the statement 5 per cent GST on cloth is not acceptable to anyone who is in the textile business. To raise the voice against this tax, from tomorrow all the textile markets in the city will go on indefinite strike, as traders will refrain from any kind of transaction.
Textile traders in Surat are already on an indefinite strike for last one week. On Saturday, thousands of traders took part in a massive rally to protest against the 5 per cent GST rate. Union minister Parshottam Rupala on Sunday asked traders to engage in talks with the Centre to resolve the issue instead of staging protests. Rupala says that the reporters that the intention behind rolling out GST was to give a boost to trade and business, not to harass people.
