Merchant fraternity mourns death of a courageous leader
The Hindu
Naziruddin instrumental in making govt. reconsider policies that hit traders
With the departure of T. Naziruddin, merchants’ community in the State has lost a courageous leader who relentlessly fought for them to overcome challenging situations in the sector.
It was his strong voice of protest against top decision-makers that prompted the State government to even reconsider the stringent enforcement of COVID-19 regulations on traders who had been going through severe financial crisis.
Many trade union leaders and merchant organisation functionaries remembered him as the binding thread and an affable moderator for a large number of small-scale traders and welfare organisations across the State. They also recalled that it was his leadership and courageous decisions that helped traders in the unorganised sector stand united against merchant capitalism and fight against monopolies.