Prayagraj, 14 Sept (HS): The national convention and

felicitation ceremony of the All India Vaishya Ekta Parishad was held at Swami

Bhajanananda Mrityunjay Dham in Jhunsi under the chairmanship of National

President Dr. Sumant Gupta. The program was inaugurated by lighting a lamp by

Minister of State Ravindra Jaiswal and Mayor Ganesh Kesarwani. Chief guest

Ravindra Jaiswal said that the Vaishya community is a revenue-generating

community. Youth should actively participate in politics, along with industry

and business, to create more jobs and serve the community.

Mayor Ganesh Kesarwani said that under the leadership of Dr.

Sumant Gupta, the unity and organization of the Vaishya community has

strengthened and the community is becoming stronger across the country.

National President Dr. Sumant Gupta demanded that traders

should be given 10 percent reservation in the Legislative Council and Rajya

Sabha and revenue generating traders should be nominated in government

corporations and important departments.

Guests from various districts were honored with robes and

mementos at the ceremony. MLA Vikas Gupta, District Panchayat President Rajesh

Agrahari, Pramod Gupta, business leader Satish Kesarwani, along with thousands

of Vaishya community members from Amethi, Rae Bareli, Fatehpur, Kaushambi,

Pratapgarh, and Kanpur, attended the event. The programme was conducted by

Hariom Agarwal and the vote of thanks was given by Satish Chandra Kesarwani.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi