New Delhi,
Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to start an agitation in support of the business community from Panipat on February 18.

Hooda announced this in a meeting with representatives of the trade, commerce and other business associations here today. The meeting was presided over by former Haryana minister Savitri Jindal.

Hooda will address a state-level conclave of the business community at Panipat and announce the further course of action on the occasion.

Hooda urged the business community not to lose hope. “I am with you in your days of hardship. We will free you from the Inspector Raj and provide security if people give us mandate,” Hooda said.

“The business community is the bedrock of the economy, but the BJP government has delivered a body blow to it,” he said. The BJP government had destabilised business through demonetisation and GST, he said.

Sitting Congress MPs and MLAs and more than 50 former MLAs attended the meeting. Jindal lauded 10 years of the Congress government in the state and said all sections of society were happy.