In its nationwide campaign to celebrate the festival of this year’s Rakhi as Hindustani Rakhi, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) as part of its massive campaign to boycott Chinese goods today released an innovative Rafale Rakhi. Inclusion of Rafale aircraft will further strengthen Indian Army which will be able to destroy evil plans of the enemies. Upon the arrival of Rafael in India today,CAIT released the Rafale Rakhi, which includes the picture of Rafael and the picture of Prime Minister Shri Modi with wordings Rafele-Bharat ka Rakshak which symbolises that the country stands firmly with the Indian forces under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Modi.
CAIT today set up “Rakhi Sale Stalls” in about 250 cities in various states of the country including Delhi for the sale of various types of rakhis made of Indian goods, in which exclusively hand-made Rakhis by women were sold to the common people. CAIT National President Mr. B.C.Bhartia & Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal said that among different types of Rakhi, beside Modi Rakhi and Aksai Cheen Hamara Hai, Jai Hind Ki Sena Rakhi, Vande Mataram Rakhi and Rakhi made from famous items of various states were sold by CAIT leaders and women entrepreneurs. Delhi, Nagpur, Patna, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Jamshedpur, Calcutta, Ranchi, Rourkela, Raipur, Jhansi, Pondicherry, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Allahabad, Noida, Jammu, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Tinsukia, Guwahati, Surat, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kolhapur etc. were major cities where Rakhi Stalls were set up by the CAIT. involved where Rakhi sales stalls were set up by
Mr. Bhartia & Mr. Khandelwal said that since the last 15 days CAIT State Chapters and associated trade associations are deeply involved in making of Hindustani Rakhi in more than 200 cities across the Country. The Rakhis are made by women working in houses, slum Bastis, Anganwadi workers and also by the people who have lost their job due to the Corona pandemic. The CAIT call for Hindustani Rakhi has been greatly supported by large number of Social Organisations and other individuals who have also developed various kinds of innovative Rakhis All these Rakhis are being sold across the Country and the price of these Rakhi ranges from Rs.10 to Rs.50 per Rakhi.
