Ambala chemists to shut shop from today
CONGRESS leaders, while criticising the proposed indefinite strike by the state’s chemists and druggists, following the call given by Haryana Chemists and Druggists Association (HCDA), termed it a politically motivated move by a section of the association being instigated by the BJP.
Leaders, including DCC president Ashok Jain, HPCC organising secretary Arjun Kalra and veteran Gandhian leader Om Prakash Malik, expressed their concern and said there was no justification of the strike when Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had already decided to accept the association’s main demand of reducing VAT from 10 per cent to 4 per cent, bringing it at par with the other states in the country.
DCC president Jain, said that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda told him over the phone that the government had already given its assent to reduce VAT on medicines from 10 to 4 per cent and the notification in this regard was likely to be issued shortly, after completing formalities.
He said that the Chief Minister had also issued verbal directions to the concerned authorities to issue the notification. He said that the state government was working to solve people’s problems and redress grievances of the masses .
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