Hyderabad: Lakhs of postcards looking for abolition of GST on handlooms sent out to PMO

Hyderabad: Lakhs of postcards composed by leaders throughout the State to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requiring abolition of GST on handlooms were published to the PMO below on Monday.

With bags of lakhs of postcards from all areas, Netannala Welfare Associations, Handloom Workers’ Unions and also Netannala Social Groups and also event leaders presented a presentation at theNizam College Hundreds of leaders from areas took the letters from Nizam College and also arranged a substantial rally to the General Post Office,Abids Earlier, at a phase established up in Nizam College, they showed lakhs of letters and also elevated mottos versus theCentre They required the total elimination of GST on handlooms, which was intimidating the future of handloom employees. They recommended that programs, like life insurance policy and also thread aid, must be brought back for the well-being of the weavers.Boards like handloom and also powerloom, which had actually been eliminated, must be reconstituted right away.

MLC L Ramana affirmed that the Centre was dealing with the handloom employees cruelly, terminating all well-being programs readily available to them and also maintaining them far from the occupation. He claimed charge of GST on handloom items, which Mahatma Gandhi as soon as utilized as one of the most vital tool for the country’s freedom, was even worse than ever before in background. He claimed the BJP government at the Centre had actually conspired to enhance GST from 5 to 12 percent on handloom fabrics, however as a result of demonstrations throughout the country, it has actually been quit today.

Former MP Rapolu Anand Bhaskar claimed by sending out lakhs of postcards to Modi, the handloom employees made an initiative to share their pain. The leaders that took place a rally from Nizam College to GPO published lakhs of letters they had actually brought with them to the PM.