Terming as "election-manifesto" Union Government's notification of lifting a ban on cotton export, the ginning mill owners in Saurashtra continue with their indefinite strike.
The mill owners had launched their indefinite strike against the cotton export ban on March 7.
"The ginning mill owners in Saurashtra region have not called off their indefinite strike yet and would meet within a couple of days again to decide about the action plan to protest against the notification," Bharat Vala, president of Saurashtra Ginning Mills Association said.
"The notification issued by the Union Government is like election manifesto and neither farmers, nor ginners would have any benefit even after the ban is revoked," he said.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), which operates under the Commerce Ministry, had imposed the ban on March 5. While it had later withdrawn its March 5 notification, it had mandated that all the exports registered with it till march 5, will be permitted to export, they said.
Marketing yards in Saurashtra region, which extended their support to the ginners in the indefinite strike, has however ended their strike and started auctioning of cotton from on Tuesday.
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Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had yesterday said that the lifting of ban on cotton was cheating the farmers.
"The notification issued by the Commerce Ministry on reversal of ban of cotton exports is cheating with lakhs of cotton growing farmers of the state," Modi had said.
"The notification says the centre will not give any new registration certificates for export of cotton. Not only that, it would also investigate the export of the commodity earlier, incorporating a clause that registration allowed earlier have to be reinvestigated with no time frame," Modi said.