Surat: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday told textile traders of Surat the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will make the city a “garment hub” of the country with an export-oriented integrated textile park and creation of thousands of jobs.
Interacting with the city’s textile traders as part of his campaign for the next month’s Gujarat Assembly polls, the AAP national convener said, if voted to power, the AAP government will bring a special law to protect them against cases of cheating in payment of dues.
Asserting his party would remove “raid raj and fear”, he said, “AAP will make Surat the garment hub of not just Gujarat but the entire country. The creation of a new integrated textile park that is completely export-oriented will result in the establishment. You will get tax breaks, incentives and other facilities.”
“Textile units will get basic infrastructure and the rates of electricity will be lowered. All the necessary facilities will be provided by the AAP government to create thousands of jobs as well as high-value exports. We will stop the raid raj and harassment at the hands of tax inspectors,” Kejriwal added.
According to him, traders are able to work 24 hours a day to support their families and pay taxes.
Promising to stop cheating in the payment of dues, which he claimed was a pressing problem, Kejriwal said, “This problem of payment is not of Surat or Gujarat alone but of the country. We will bring a new law for this with the people of Surat that will show a new path to the country.”
Also, he promised MSME benefits to traders and loans without a limit exceeding Rs 25 lakh.
“The Goods and Services Tax rates have caused a lot of trouble. This issue will be raised with the Centre. To implement it, we will create a single-window system to simplify the difficulties and remove corruption,” he said.
Gujarat will go to the polls December 1, 5, and votes on December 8