ON JAN 1 ’13: Nationwide Khudra Swarajya Abhiyan to be launched

New Delhi, December 24, 2012: To finalise the strategy of  their two month long nationwide movement “Khudra Swarajya Abhiyan” against FDI in Retail, a meeting of the core committee of “Khudra FDI Virodhi Rashtriya Morcha” ( KFVRM), a joint coalition of retail stakeholders hold a meeting at New Delhi today which was attended by leaders of farmers, traders, hawkers, transporters, consumers, self employed groups, trade union, cooperative and other sectors of retail trade.  

The nationwide movement will be kicked off from New Delhi on 1January 1 next when leaders of different states belonging to all retail stakeholders will participate in a “national convention” organised by KFVRM.

More than 100 leaders of different sectors will join the convention to be held on January 1 next. Invitations have also been extended to prominent leaders of different political parties including Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party. After completion of two month long movement, a massive rally at Ramlila Ground will be held in the month of March, the final date of which will be announced on January 1, 2013.

It is remembered that during this two month long agitation, large scale of protests including Sankalp Yatra, Chaupal Charcha, Dharna, Demonstrations, Torch Procession and other democratic protest means will be hold in different states of the country. To make the movement more active and visible optimum use of social media sites including Twitter and Facebook will be utilised, a different protest in the series of Cartoons will also be carried out all over the country. The leaders of different retail stakeholders will tour extensively all over the country during the two month movement, said Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).

On the other hand, Khandelwal strongly criticised the reported statement of Union State Minister Sachin Pilot for advocating the need of making lobbying legal in India. Such a statement of the government and its ministers reflect their acute partisan attitude towards the welfare of the corporate sector and they are least bothered about the livelihood of crores of people of the country.

The core committee meeting held today at New Delhi was attended by trade leaders Satish Garg, Ramesh Khanna, Vijay Pal, Coalition Coordinator Deepak Sharma “Pradeep”, Farmer Leaders Naresh Sirohi, Krishan Vir Chaudhary , Ved Prakash Gupta , Ravinder Bansal,  Mahaodar Lal Dhawan, Hawkers Leaders Soudhan Singh,   Sakil Ahmed, R.B. Singh Rajput, Consumers  Leader B.S. Sachdeva, Transporters Leaders Pradeep Singhal, Rajender Kapoor, Asutosh Ved, Labour Leaders Pawan Kumar and Ashwani Mahajan.