GST roll-out: Call for strike evokes mixed response in Chhattisgarh

Oppn party, Congress, backed the chamber and urged traders in the capital city to join the strike

The state-wide strike called by the Chhattisgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industry ahead of the launch of goods and services tax (GST) evoked mixed response on Friday.

The chamber had called for a strike even as the state’s largest trade body remained a divided house. Convenor of the Chamber and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Shrichand Sunderani lodged his protest, saying there was no logic in the strike when the entire country was jubilant about the roll out of the new tax regime.

Chamber officials, however, defended their stand, saying they did not oppose the GST per say but had