‘Would End Raid Raj’: Arvind Kejriwal To Gujarat Traders

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said his party will form an "advisory body" of traders to guide the government if it came to power in Gujarat in the comingไ Assembly elections. 

The Delhi chief 🌠minister also promised sops related to Value Added Tax (VAT) and said ꦓthe party's government would stop the "raid raj" as he met a group of traders in Gujarat’s Ramnagar.

Kejriwal arrive🧸d in BJP-ruled Gujarat, where elections are due by year-en🐻d, for a two-day visit on Saturday.

"I am not here ꦅto seek donations, I do not need donations. I am here to make traders and industrialists partners in the development of Gujarat," he said.

"You will be treated as partners when AAP forms a 💫government here. You will give the order and the government will implement that order," he added.

As part of his "guarantees" to the trader community, Kej𝄹riwal said the AAP will form an "advisory body" to guide the government if it came to power. 

"There are different types of businesses, different industries, and different problems come up every day. So we will fꦚorm an advisory body with representat💧ives from every sector. You will tell the government what to do, and the government will do it. Your decision will be binding on the government," he said.

The ot♐her♒ "guarantees" of the AAP included a commitment to do away with "atmosphere of fear" among the business community and treat them with respect.

An AAP government in Gujarat will put an end to the "raid raj" ♎or harassment of traders and businesspersons by government agencies, he said.

It will also offer an amnesty scheme for Value Added Tax arrears and implement a VAT refund mechanism within six months, K♛ejriwal said.

(With PTI inputs)