Large-scale dissent: Around 50,000 wholesale cloth shops in the Capital were shut earlier this week in protest against the GST roll-out. V. V. Krishnan | Photo Credit: V_V_KRISHNANmore-inOver three dozen prominent trade unions will participate in a strike against what they complain are exorbitant tax slabs and convoluted processes under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime here on Friday. According to the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI), as many as 40 trade unions in the Capital have decided to extend their support to the nation-wide bandh. “On Friday, representatives of prominent trade unions from across the city will hold a protest at the Kashmere Gate market,” said CTI national convenor Brijesh Goyal. Cong supports strikeThe Delhi Congress has come out in support of the traders.

Source: The Hindu June 30, 2017 01:30 UTC