Today on the 13^th day of consecutive business shutdown by Rajasthan Sarafa Association, the Udaipur jewelers have conducted a ‘Sadbuddhi Yagya’ expressing their remonstration towards the newly introduced tax amendments in Budget 2012.

The association has also called for a statewide strike on Saturday, 31^st March.

The Yagya was held at 11 today morning and saw participation by most of the jewelers of Udaipur who are observing complete shutdown of their businesses for the past 13 days, demanding a review of the regulations imposed on them.

One of the Jewelers informed that the yagya was conducted under the directions of Inder Singh Mehta, President of the association. “We did Sadbudhi Yagya and prayed to God to give wisdom to the Finance Minister so that he revokes the increased excise duty which was introduced in this year’s budget”, he said.

The event was also attended by Paras Singhvi, President of the Udaipur Chamber of Commerce and Ganesh Daglia, Patron of the Jewelers Association.

At the end of the event, Inder Singh Mehta announced that taking into account the fact that there has been no positive action taken by the Finance Minister, the Association will call for a state-wide strike in which all institutions except for educational institutes, railways, public transport and hospitals will be remain open.