Pune businessman claims to be threatened by Pakistan after a call for boycott of Turkish apples

A day after fruit dealers in Pune decided to boycott apples from there in protest against Turkey’s vocal support for Pakistan, a local businessman on Thursday claimed to have received an imminent vocal message from Pakistan. Suyog Zande, a trader of Pune’s Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), is known as Marketyard, said he started calling his phone from Thursday morning, but that he didn’t pick it up. Later, he received a voice message with a derogatory language aimed at India and warned that Pakistan or Turkey could not be damaged. Zende told reporters: “I responded to threats to my own ballot.” This occurred when a group of Marketyard traders decided to close the entered apples of Türkiye last week. The boycott has started through Turkish after a strong criticism of India’s recent air strikes on the border of the Pakistan border, including camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (Pok). Traders and local groups expressed anger about Türkiye’s attitude and associated with Pakistan’s support for hostile activities against India. In a symbolic protest, the traders of the markets on Thursday publicly threw the apples imported from Turkey on the road and paid attention to their boycott. According to Zende, Pune imports different types of fruit and dry fruits, including apple, lychi, plum, cherry and dry fruits of türkiye. The import of Apple alone is estimated to be approximately 1,200 crore a year, reflecting the economic impact of such a boycott. Jende said traders plan to meet the Pune Police Commissioner soon to discuss endangered calls and claim security. CM Fadnavis appreciates the boycott of Turkish products by Pune dealers, Devendra Fadnavis, chief minister of Maharashtra, congratulated the traders of APMC Pune to stop the import of apples and dried fruit from Turkey to resist Turkish support against Pakistan and congratulate them. Fadnavis said: ‘I congratulate all the traders who decided to boycott the import from Turkey. At this time, “Rashtra I must first be” our point of view. There is a need to learn a lesson, not just for those who have a conspiracy to kill the murders in Pahalgam. I welcome this natural sense of a nation ‘among the citizens. Get upset about such threats. Even the New York Times exposed Pakistan by publishing satellite photos of India destruction. On the other hand, Pakistan could not harm us. It is not necessary to suffer a victim of empty threats. The government will provide security and everyone must be determined about the attitude of ‘Nation First’. ‘Share these story marks