NEW DELHI: Delhi
traders
are observing a day long 'Delhi trade bandh' today to lodge their protests against ongoing sealing of business establishments in the city.
The Confederation of
All India Traders
(CAIT), in a statement, said the sealing is being conducted by "sidelining fundamental provisions" of MCD Act, 1957 "under the guise of order of the
Supreme Court" and demanded an investigation as to "why the traders are being deprived of such provisions".
"The decision was taken at a meeting held on Saturday which was attended by trade leaders of about 400 leading trade associations from all over Delhi," the traders' body said.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Traders hold protest in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Delhi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Delhi</a>'s Karol Bagh against sealing drive by MCD <a href="https://t.co/t565xPc04O">pic.twitter.com/t565xPc04O</a></p>& mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/955680261080891392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
It's a 'trade bandh' and so shutters of the shops will remain closed in all markets and no commercial activity will take place, it added.
On January 15, the three-day session of the Delhi assembly had begun on a stormy note, with the
AAP
legislators raising the issue of the
sealing drive
against properties which are allegedly in violation of municipal norms.