India News: The retail and wholesale chemists across the state will go on a daylong strike on Friday as per the directions of All-India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD). The wholesale market of medicines in Lucknow will remain closed for two days as Thursday being the weekly off. There are 1.20 lakh retailers and wholesellers of medicines in Uttar Pradesh and 7.5 lakh chemists across the country. In Lucknow, there are 3,000 retailers and 1,600 wholesellers.

The office bearers of the Chemists and Druggist Federation of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday said they are opposing four decisions of the government. First, decision to allow foreign direct investment in the pharma sector. President of the association in UP, Giriraj Rastogi, said, "Pharma companies in the Western countries have lot of money.