Click to play videoNew Delhi: After ransacking and trashing outlets of organised retail chains in various cities, groups opposing the entry of big firms in the retail sector have finally brought their fight to the Capital.
After Indore, Lucknow, Gaziabad and Ranchi, traders on Thursday protested outside Reliance Fresh and Subhiksha stores in East Delhi.
The traders' group Rashtriya Vyapar Mandal, that last month stormed Reliance Fresh and RPG Enterprises' Spencer's outlets in Lucknow, led by a delegation of 300 to 400 people, staged a protest outside the outlets in East Delhi.
Both Reliance Fresh and Subhiksha shut shop on account of the protest.
The traders association aims to stage protest across the NCR in November followed by demonstrations in top 100 metros in December.
The protest comes days after leader of Bharatiya Janashakti Party Uma Bharati in a letter to Chairman of Reliance Retail parent Reliance Industries Ltd Mukesh Ambani asked him to close Reliance stores in Madhya Pradesh in two weeks or face action.
Reliance Retail has emerged as a proxy target for people opposing the entry of firms in retail in many states, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
The nationwide backlash against modern retailers has forced other firms such as ITC Ltd to pare expansion plans.
(With agency inputs)
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