TIWN Nov 13, 2018
AGARTALA, Nov 13 (TIWN): After cabinet had decided to abolish the system 'shutdown' of markets per week, public are giving mixed responses.
Specially on Sunday when people remain free or nor exhausted after office, it keeps the markets off on that day. So, many people are demanding weekly market holiday should be on other day just like Friday or Tuesday.
Again many are in support of the market shutdown like ageold tradition.
Political reactions are coming as CITU (CPI-M's wing) has said it's anti-poor decision and Chief Minister Biplab Deb called them Anti-Nationalist who do not want 7 days market open system.
Even though cabinet had decided on Friday that from now for 7 days markets should remain open (No weekly holiday) but there was no interest, excitement among the businessmen and Agartala City was totally shutdown On November 9, on the ground of increasing public and businessmen's demands, cabinet had approved to remove one and half days market shutdown law.
While announcing the abolishment of weekly holidays, Law Minister Ratan lal Nath said, "Even though markets will be opened 7 days but the workers should be given one and half day of leave. A businessman can close his shop in Agartala on Sunday or may not but he can not force employees to work for 7 days".
But the whole capital city remained shutdown today and no businessman has shown any interest to open shops. In Agartala on Saturday shops remained close in evening and on Sunday "total shutdown'.
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