The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and All India Transport Welfare Association (AITWA) on Monday said that their members are not going to participate on December 8^th  'Bharat Bandh', in addition ,the government should have pay their attention towards farmer’s demands. Both the  associations said in a joint statement that their  members in commercial markets in overseas will open their grounds and conduct business as usual and run regular transport services on December 8.

CAIT National President BC Bhartia,  general Secretary Praveen Khandelwal and AITW Chairman Pradeep Singhal and National President Mahendra Arya In their  joint statement said , "So far, neither any farmer organisation nor any farmer leader has approached us to seek out support to the Bharat Bandh."

The leaders said that at the moment when several rounds of talks has been held between the government and the farmer leaders, it is not suitable to organise any ‘ bandh’.  We are having a confirmed opinion in our mind that the conference between the government and the farmer leaders will be ended with fruitful results."

"We have all sympathy for their demands and call upon the government to resolve the issues soon as possible by showing their concerns on farmer’s demand. Moreover, the leaders said, Indian farmers are like traders and transporters, and are as important part of the national economy and therefore instant steps are needed to be taken to resolve their matters. They said that it was the need of the hour that farming should be made profitable and therefore all support mechanisms and opportunities provided to the farmers. Whatever amicable decisions are arrived at should be implemented in a time-bound manner, the four leaders added. Both CAIT and AITWA also appealed to the farmers to be aware of vested interests who could infiltrate their agitation to spoil the image of farmers. 

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They also appealed that if farmer leaders think suitable , they can call back their ‘bandh’ and keep their communication on with the government to resolve the issues. "In this process, wherever the support of traders and transporters is required, we are prepared to broaden cooperation," said the leaders.Talking to IANS, Khandelwal said, there was no need to call the’ bandh’when farmers and the government will be communicating  to each other . "We agree that farmers deserve to earn profits sice they do hard work. We also request the central government to fulfil their demands as soon as possible. But I reiterate my point that there is no way to hold a 'Bharat Bandh' when talks are still on."Khandelwal said that over 40,000 trader associations, who represent over seven crore traders across India, are functioning under the CAIT umbrella.