Hyderabad, Nov 1 (KNN) Protesting against the 5 per cent Goods & Service Tax (GST) on handloom products, weavers and workers in Telangana have urged the government to do away with the GST. 

On Monday, ‘postcard protest’ was staged demanding zero GST on handloom products.

Weavers’ welfare associations, handloom workers’ unions, and weavers’ social groups held a massive protest at the Nizam College ground in Hyderabad.

They carried lakhs of postcards and letters addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The letters and postcards were written by various leaders from across Telangana.

MLC L Ramana and former Rajya Sabha MP Rapolu Anand Bhaskar led the protestors.

They later rallied to General Post Office to dispatch the letters.

“By sending the postcards to PM Modi, the handloom workers have made an effort to convey their grief and pain,” Rapolu Anand Bhaskar said.  (KNN Bureau)