Decisive battle against VAT in UP: Kanchal
Lucknow, Oct 28 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Udyog Vyapar Pratinidhimandal today announced a decisive battle to decry the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT).
''Vat is a part of 'kala kanoon'. It will directly affect both the traders and the consumers, which we would never let happen.
Therefore, we have exhorted traders to down shutters on November 27 and 28 to protest the issue,'' Vyapar Mandal state unit president Banwari Lal Kanchal, also a Samajwadi Party (SP) MP, said at a news conference here today.
Besides, we would do chakka jams on several railway tracks across Uttar Pradesh on November 27 as part of our decisive battle against VAT. The agitation would be followed by a grand traders rally in the last week of February, he informed.
The SP leader said the VAT would shoot up inflation and encourage 'inspector raj' in the state. The Uttar Pradesh traders are already reeling under the burden of several taxes. Instead of VAT, efforts ought to be made for removing discrepancies in the Trade Tax.
In August, the Vyapar Mandal had demanded from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to order closure of Reliance Retail outlets in the state.
Later, the Chief Minister directed closure of the shops citing reasons of law and order.
The
opening
of
the
shops
owned
by
the
Industrial
Group
Reliance
saw
huge
protests
and
some
of
the
stores
were
ransacked
by
the
mob
led
by
Mr
Kanchal,
who
had
said
''the
traders
would
never
allow
the
retail
chains
to
function.''
UNI