The letter by Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) national secretary general has met with opposition in traders' circles in Gujarat. CAIT's Gujarat unit vice president Suresh Tanna resigned citing that the letter does not reflect traders' sentiments and they were kept confidential. CAIT's leaders in Gujarat said that issues raised by Congress president are valid and that the trade body should be apolitical to ensure it's credibility among the traders of the country. The issue will be raised during the meeting of Working Committee of CAIT to be held in Pondicherry on April 3 and 4.
CAIT secretary general Praveen Khandelwal recently wrote a letter to Congress president Rahul Gandhi objecting to calling it Gabbar Singh Tax and that traders are suffering because of GST. Khandelwal had said that GST is being simplified to a greater extent, the threshold limit has been by extended up to Rs 40 lakh and by and large the traders are 'deeply satisfied' with GST. Moreover, Khandelwal has also asked the traders affiliated to CAIT to advocate on his behalf to enable him get a ticket.