It’s a big sigh of relief for people of Rajasthan as the petrol pump strike in Rajasthan has been withdrawn by Rajasthan Petroleum Dealers Association after holding talks with the state government.
Rajasthan Petroleum Dealers Association announced that they have called off its strike on 11th March. They had called a strike demanding reduction in VAT imposed on petrol and diesel. The association withdrew its strike from 6 am on March 11.
Association & Govt Talks
The association said that the government had called for talks at 12 noon on Sunday, in which RPDA executive members Rajendra Singh Bhati, Sunit Bagai, Vijay Meena and Jaipur District President Ladu Singh, Secretary Amit Saraogi and Jaipur dealer Sandeep Bhardwaj were present.
On behalf of the government, Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Anandi, Secretary of Information Technology and Communications and officials of the Finance Department were present in the meeting. The conversation lasted for about an hour and was completely positive.
”Rajyavardhan Singh ji understood our views well and assured us that the government will take positive steps on our demands and he appealed to call off the strike to save the public from trouble”said Rajasthan Petroleum Dealers Association reported ABP News.
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