New Delhi: Foreign e-commerce companies like Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart are relentlessly pursuing the Indian market by circumventing rules and laws, often resorting to unethical business practices. said Praveen Khandelwal, general secretary of Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT). The Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary candidate said on Saturday.
Reacting to a television media report that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) had found possible irregularities in its probe into the relationship between e-commerce companies such as Amazon and Flipkart and mobile phone manufacturers, Khandelwal said IANS Regarding this “connection'' between electronic commerce, he said the following. Giant corporations and mobile phone companies “undermine the country's broader interests.” Amazon and Flipkart did not immediately comment on the report.
Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency Khandelwal said, “Over the years, we have seen foreign e-commerce companies overrule rules and laws in their relentless pursuit of capturing the Indian market.'' “We have highlighted the deep-rooted problem of evasion and often resorting to unethical business practices.” In the capital.
He said this “complex web” involved collaboration between e-commerce giants and mobile phone companies, which was undermining the country's broader interests and “threatening the livelihoods of small traders”. .
In February this year, retailer associations had written to the CCI seeking urgent action in the Delhi Vyapal Mahasangh case involving anti-competitive practices between Amazon and Flipkart.
In a letter to CCI Chairman Ravneet Kaur, CAIT said the market regulator “gives high priority to this case as it has grave consequences and calls for Flipkart and Amazon to cease their illegal activities.” A final penalty order and direction must be issued to do so.” It's about the survival of hundreds of thousands of retailers and their families. ”
CAIT's letter claimed that “these foreign companies have a monopoly on mobile phone sales through exclusive launches.” Khandelwal told IANS that it is imperative to take decisive action against these companies now. “Once the general election is over and I am elected to parliament, I will be committed to advocating for action on this issue,” he added. (IANS)
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