Patna, May 5 -- Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist (CPI(ML)) alleged on Monday that ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come to power, the condition of small and medium businessmen has been worsening.

Addressing a meeting of the representatives of the small and medium traders organised here to discuss the situation of the retailers and small vendors here, CPI(ML) state secretary Kunal alleged that ever since the BJP has come to power, the condition of small and medium traders has worsened.

Traditional businesses have been ruined due to Goods and Services Tax (GST) and online business, he claimed and noted that administrative repression of footpath shopkeepers has become common.

He further claimed that the central gove...