Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Retailers' body FRAI supports BJP's Chandni Chowk candidate Praveen Khandelwal

The Federation of Retailer Association of India (FRAI), a typical assemblage of astir 80 lakh micro, tiny and mean retailers from crossed the state has extended its enactment for Praveen Khandelwal, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaigner from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha seat.

With a rank of 42 retail associations, FRAI organised an lawsuit successful New Delhi to enactment Praveen Khandelwal connected May 10. The FRAI representatives said that they privation Khandelwal to item the interests of retailers successful the Parliament.

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"I americium humbled by the immense emotion and solidarity shown by FRAI and its thousands of members for endorsing my candidacy and supporting me. This predetermination is not conscionable astir securing a spot successful the Lok Sabha, it is astir being capable to marque impactful alteration successful the lives of the radical that I volition represent," Khandelwal was quoted arsenic saying successful a property communique.

Khandelwal, himself a commercialized national leader, is up against INDIA bloc’s campaigner and Congress person Jai Prakash Agarwal. Chandni Chowk volition vote, on with six different Lok Sabha seats, connected May 25. The BJP won each 7 seats of Delhi successful past 2 Lok Sabha Elections – 2014 and 2019. 

Chandni Chowk spot has been represented by erstwhile Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan for 2 terms. Before him, erstwhile Union Law curate Kapil Sibal besides represented the seat.

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 "We powerfully judge Praveen Khandelwal is the close idiosyncratic to instrumentality up our issues successful the Lok Sabha. We impulse each chap retailers to enactment his candidature arsenic helium has been tirelessly advocating our interests implicit the years," said Abhay Raj Mishra, nationalist spokesperson, FRAI 

FRAI said successful the connection that it has been moving to support the interests of mediocre retailers successful the country, highlighting issues affecting their livelihood and rendering assistance to specified radical who are incapable to explicit their views and concerns. 

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Published: 10 May 2024, 06:22 PM IST