<p>“We are dead against allowing the foreign retail giants to set up shops in the country and will whole heartedly support the nation-wide shitdown,” Mayawati said here. <br /><br />“The move will destroy local markets and deprive millions of people of their livelihood.”<br />She also demanded the immediate scrapping of the decision and warned that her party could “take some tough decision” if the Centre failed to oblige.<br /><br />The shutdown is expected to have a good impact in Uttar Pradesh as the Samajwadi Party (SP) has also called for a similar “bundh” on Thursday. <br /><br />SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has threatened to burn the foreign retail shops if they opened their stores in the country. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharti had already issued a similar warning.</p>
<p>“We are dead against allowing the foreign retail giants to set up shops in the country and will whole heartedly support the nation-wide shitdown,” Mayawati said here. <br /><br />“The move will destroy local markets and deprive millions of people of their livelihood.”<br />She also demanded the immediate scrapping of the decision and warned that her party could “take some tough decision” if the Centre failed to oblige.<br /><br />The shutdown is expected to have a good impact in Uttar Pradesh as the Samajwadi Party (SP) has also called for a similar “bundh” on Thursday. <br /><br />SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has threatened to burn the foreign retail shops if they opened their stores in the country. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharti had already issued a similar warning.</p>
