Jharkhand retail forum seeks explanation from RIL chairman
Ambani said on Friday that Reliance Industries' retail operations would not jeopardise interests of small shopkeepers and retailers and would rather provide better services to consumers.
By PTI |
RANCHI: Local retail forum Jharkhand Retail Fruits and Vegetables Vendors Association on Saturday sought explanation from RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani on how his retail venture would not hurt interest of five crore small shopkeepers across India.
Ambani yesterday said Reliance Industries' retail operations would not jeopardise interests of small shopkeepers and retailers and would rather provide better services to consumers.
"We would like to know from him what would be the future of about five crore small time shopkeepers across the country once corporate retailing shops start mushrooming," the association president Uday Shankar Ojha in a statement.
Ojha, who had been jailed for two months after allegedly leading a mob that ransacked three Reliance Fresh outlets here on May 12 this year, said: "The corporate raid in the retailing business will leave the small traders jobless, throwing their families into an uncertain future."
"If that was the case (RIL was not a threat), why protests are emanating from Gujarat, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal and Maharastra... please explain," Ojha, also the incharge (Bihar and Jharkhand) of the Rastriya Vyapar Mandal (RVM-national trade council), said.
The RVM has proposed to call a 'Bharat bandh' on January nine next year against big industrialists foraying into retail market, said Ojha, who faces several cases following the May 12 incident.
Ambani yesterday said Reliance Industries' retail operations would not jeopardise interests of small shopkeepers and retailers and would rather provide better services to consumers.
"We would like to know from him what would be the future of about five crore small time shopkeepers across the country once corporate retailing shops start mushrooming," the association president Uday Shankar Ojha in a statement.
Ojha, who had been jailed for two months after allegedly leading a mob that ransacked three Reliance Fresh outlets here on May 12 this year, said: "The corporate raid in the retailing business will leave the small traders jobless, throwing their families into an uncertain future."
"If that was the case (RIL was not a threat), why protests are emanating from Gujarat, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal and Maharastra... please explain," Ojha, also the incharge (Bihar and Jharkhand) of the Rastriya Vyapar Mandal (RVM-national trade council), said.
The RVM has proposed to call a 'Bharat bandh' on January nine next year against big industrialists foraying into retail market, said Ojha, who faces several cases following the May 12 incident.
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