New Delhi, May 1, 2019: Union Minister and former BJP Delhi President Vijay Goel made traders of Delhi take a vow that they will leave no stone unturned in making the BJP candidates win the Lok Sabha elections. Goel said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in the Centre and in the State then resolving the sealing issue would become easier.
Goel said that former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is provoking traders on the issue of sealing, while the fact remains that had she wished, she would have resolved the sealing issue during her own tenure. Both the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress have betrayed traders on the matter of sealing, both remained a mute spectator. Earlier only 5 Horsepower and 5 persons were permitted to work in small industries, but our government increased it to 11 Horsepower and 9 persons which gave relief to lakhs of traders against sealing.
Goel said that the Sankalp Patr of the BJP includes setting up a national traders welfare board, pension for small retailers above the age of 60, Merchant Credit Card on the lines of Kisan Credit Card, accidental insurance of up to Rs 10 lakh to all GST registered traders, collateral-free business loans of up to Rs 50 lakh, technology centres for startups and traders, and 10% mandatory sourcing in government procurement from MSMEs having at least 50% women employees in their workforce. This has never happened in the 50-year-long regime of Congress.
Goel said the trading community has always been a votary of the BJP. Teams of traders have been formed in 272 Mandals; these teams would visit every market and reiterate that the interests of traders lie with the BJP.
Goel said that he would again visit the markets he had visited in the run-up to the Rashtriya Vyapari Mahasammelan event and would conduct meetings with business leaders.