Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a traders’ meeting in New Delhi on Friday. The Prime Minister stressed that Mahatma Gandhi used to call himself a “baniya” with pride. The naamdars don’t know about the traders’ contribution to the progress of the country,” Modi said. Modi spoke at length about the GST, seeking to address the concerns of the traders and mollify them. Promising more for the community, Modi said a traders’ welfare board would be created and a traders’ credit card would be introduced if his government was voted to power again.

Source: The Telegraph April 20, 2019 02:37 UTC