<h1>Senior Minister Urges Festival Boycott of Foreign Goods, Promotes Domestic Manufacturing and Local Buying for Self-Sufficiency</h1> A senior government minister, speaking at a public event inaugurating development projects including a state scheme granting ownership rights, urged citizens to favor domestically made goods during a religious festival and to avoid foreign products, framing this as a collective route to national self-sufficiency. The minister cited recent government reductions in GST on numerous items and said cuts to food and daily essentials are benefiting citizens. The remarks constitute political and economic policy advocacy by an officeholder referencing enacted fiscal measures and promoting domestic manufacture and retailing, with potential implications for consumer preferences, trade policy discourse and commercial supply decisions.