RSS affiliates oppose Modi govt's MSME Amendment Bill, demand withdrawal

Say passage of Bill would turn India into a nation of traders and importers of Chinese goods

Days after a parliamentary panel cautioned that India was staring at becoming a nation of importers of Chinese products, two key Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliated outfits on Monday expressed similar fears if the Narendra Modi government were to push the passage of the MSME Development (Amendment) Bill in Parliament. They urged the government to withdraw the proposed Bill.

Many of Narendra Modi government’s recently introduced Bills in Parliament have faced protests, including from Sangh Parivar outfits. Opposition parties have repeatedly flagged how the Modi government has bypassed legislative scrutiny by not referring Bills to parliamentary committees and has used its