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Banners have come up in various industrial societies across the city on this.Mayur Golwala, leader of power loom weavers, said, “Lapse of accumulated ITC credit will have a cascading effect on power loom sector. It seems the Government of India has made up its mind to harass the power loom sector. FOGWA president Ashok Jirawala, who was detained along with eight other power loom sector leaders, told TOI, “Since the Union minister was in Surat, we had asked for prior appointment to discuss the ITC issue. Surat: Nine power loom weavers, including president of Federation of Gujarat Weavers Association (FOGWA), were detained by city police for holding a demonstration at Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre (SIECC) at Sarsana where Union minister of textiles Smriti Irani was present to inaugurate Source India Textile Exhibition on Friday.Power loom weavers gathered at the entrance of the convention hall with black flags and shouted slogans against the Union minister. This clarifies further that the demand of weavers for refund of unutilized credit is genuine.”.