After 6 hours long meeting with govt Kasat says decision on textile strike tomorrow

Gandhinagar: The convener of Textile Bachao Sangarsh Samiti of Surat, the outfit leading the indefinite strike of the textile industry in the textile hub city of South Gujarat since implementation of GST on July 1, Tarachand Kasat today said that the traders would decide on whether to carry on with or end the strike tomorrow.

After around 6 hour long marathon meeting with Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance minister Nitin Patel and other ministers including union minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who has been appointed emissary of sorts to resolve GST issues by the central government, Kasat said that the state government has shown positive attitude.

‘We have demanded either keeping only yarn under the GST ambit or deferring the current structure of tax for two more years to give us enough time to be prepared for it. The state government has agreed to put it before the GST council and revert in a week’s time,’ Kasat said.

About the ongoing strike he said that a decision regarding it would be taken in a meeting of textile traders tomorrow. He, however did not sounded very optimistic about it being ended from tomorrow.

Many traders want some concrete action for ending the strike,’ he said.

The meeting was attended by a nine member delegation of traders in which among others from government side minister Ganpat Vasava and Nanubhai Vanani were also present.