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Amid widespread protests by jewellers against an increase in import duty on gold and excise duty on unbranded jewellery, Congress today asked the Government to consider their demands sympathetically.
“Congress has asked the Government to consider the demand of jewellers sympathetically,” the AICC general secretary and media department chief, Mr Janardhan Dwivedi, said.
Mr Dwivedi’s statement came ahead of a meeting of a delegation of jewellers with the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, here.
Representatives of jewellery manufactures from major cities are also scheduled to meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
Jewellers in various parts of the country have been on a strike since March 17 to protest the hike in import duty on gold and imposition of excise duty on unbranded jewellery. The proposal was announced during the Budget speech for 2012-13.
Delhi Jewellers and Goldsmith Association President, Mr Ram Avtar Verma, had said yesterday that jewellers will decide on whether to end the strike or not after meeting the Finance Minister.
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