Traders likely to move Supreme Court over $16-billion Walmart-Flipkart deal

In the next phase of the protest, the traders plan to go to the Supreme Court against the deal

A number of trade bodies, farmer organisations, online vendors and political outfits were protesting in public on Monday, with ‘Walmart Go Back’ placards, protesting against the US-based retail giant’s move to buy Indian online marketplace Flipkart.

Protests were organised across the country by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), farmer organisations and smaller trader bodies, as well as the All India Online Vendors Association. They all came together to protest against the $16-billion Flipkart stake sale to Walmart Inc.

 In the next phase of the protest, these organisations plan to go to the Supreme Court