Independent Prabhat correspondent, Brij Bhushan Tiwari
Gonda. On the instructions of Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav, PDA Samajwadi Traders Conference of Devipatan Mandal was organized in the Town Hall located at Gandhi Park on Wednesday. Chief guest of the conference, National President of Samajwadi Vyapar Sabha, Manish Jagan Agarwal and State President Pradeep Jaiswal participated. In the conference, traders and SP officials who came from different areas of Devipatan division including Gonda raised the problems of the traders prominently.
The patron of the program was SP leader Suraj Singh and the organizer was District President Devendra Singh. Speakers in the conference said that Samajwadi Party is continuously raising its voice to protect the interests of businessmen and the entire society in the state. In this sequence, PDA Samajwadi Traders Conference is being organized in the entire state.
Traders enumerated problems
In the conference, traders accused the BJP government of exploitation and said that traders are worried about issues like GST, alleged extortion, increasing challenges from online shopping and permanentization of street and handcart traders. Traders also raised complaints of corruption and oppression at the local level in the conference.
Manish Jagan's sharp attack on BJP
While talking to journalists, National President of Samajwadi Vyapar Sabha, Manish Jagan Aggarwal fiercely targeted the BJP government. He said that today the businessmen of the entire state are distressed and in poor condition. Accusing traders of being harassed through various means including GST, he also attacked the government on law and order.
Manish Jagan alleged that crimes are being committed under the protection of power in Uttar Pradesh and businessmen are being continuously exploited. He said that Samajwadi Party will field strongly in the upcoming elections and after forming the government, cases of crime and corruption will be taken to account.
Ram Mandir issue also targeted
Manish Jagan made a sharp political attack on BJP on the question of alleged corruption related to Ram Temple. They said that “Earlier BJP was doing physical fraud and now it is doing digital fraud.” He also made serious allegations regarding donations and offerings in Ram temple. However, these allegations came out as his political statement in the conference.
Promised to respect businessmen
State President of Samajwadi Vyapar Sabha Pradeep Jaiswal said that if the Samajwadi government is formed, businessmen will be given the greatest respect. He described the safety, respect and solution of the problems of traders as the priority of the party. The conference was also addressed by District President Arshad Hussain, former minister Yogesh Pratap, former MLC Mahfooz Khan, Sanjay Savita, Sarfaraz Hussain, Vijay Jaiswal and Shamim Achchan.
During this, Mahendra Chhabra, Ajit Saluja, Sardar Pintu Singh, Akash Jaiswal, Faheem Pappu, Shivsampat, Sheetal Singh, Gurudev Pandey, Mohit Maheshwari, Vinod Shukla, Digvijay Dev, Omi Sindhi, Bunty Wadhwani, Rakesh Kalani, Hamid Ali, Jitendranath Sappu, Shivraj, Yash Pratap, Gulshan, Rananjay, Ravindra, Jaisingh Pandey, Shivkumar. Vishwakarma, Bikku, Shubham, Mangal Sahu, Ajay Gupta, Anand Kasodhan, Nalin Pandey, JP Srivastava, Jaichand, Rajesh Mishra, Afzal, Vikas Modanwal, Shivam Kashyap, Sarpanch Yadav, Atin Garg, Pappu Singh, Jeet Bahadur, Rishikesh Pathak, Vipalav Sahu, Rohit Sonkar, Ankit Pandey, Mohit Saini, Bablu Baba, Veeru Sahu etc. were present.