Big retailers asked to exit from UP
In what is seen as a very significant move, the Uttar Pradesh government today ordered all organised retail stores to be shut down in the state. The final decision would be taken by the review panel set to review the case.
All this initially started when small traders attacked Reliance Fresh and Spencer’s stores on Wednesday. Following the attacks, Chief Minister Mayawati said Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh would head a five-member committee that would look into all aspects governing such stores.
Among the group of traders that attacked the stores, Samajwadi Party MP Banwarilal Kanchal was also there. In Varanasi also people gathered in front of an under-construction Reliance food outlet and shouted slogans.
The Chief Minister said that in view of the protests against these retail stores, it was felt that there was a need to review the policy in this regard. Mayawati said the official committee would include principal secretaries of housing, home, agriculture and health as members. Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Shailesh Krishna clarified that the decision is not applicable to the malls, even though they might also be selling some similar products.
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