This was disclosed here today by former state BSP General Secretary Jarnail Nangal who had spearheaded the agitation sparked by levying of Rs 1,000-3,000 tax on vendors hawking their goods on moving push carts ('rehris') and stationary cart vendors ('pharees').
The vendors and BSP workers had gheraoed Mayor's office daily for half-an-hour in local Town Hall for last three days, burnt effigies of Punjab Local Bodies minister Anil Joshi during these days to demand withdrawal of tax.