Modi govt’s GST has put burden on poor: Gohil
Senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil on Thursday said the Narendra Modi-led government’s complicated Goods and Services Tax (GST) has put an unbearable burden on the poor and common people.
The Congress on Thursday accused the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of looting people by imposing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) even on essential items.
Attacking the ruling dispensation, Congress general secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh said, “We are continuously raising the issue that the income of people in the country is not increasing and inflation is continuously skyrocketing.”
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“Retail inflation is already at a 14-month high. Now items used everyday like soap and shampoo are going to become more expensive,” he wrote on X.
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Ramesh, who is the Congress MP in Rajya Sabha, along with his post also shared a report which claimed that soon the prices of soap and shampoo would become expensive.
He asserted the government should have taken steps to control inflation on a priority basis, but instead of giving relief, it is busy looting people by imposing GST on essential commodities.
“For how long will the people continue to struggle with the effects of inflation ?,” Ramesh questioned.
It may be mentioned that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge earlier said the BJP government created “economic turmoil”, leading to a mess in the lives of the common people.
“Food inflation has averaged 7.1 per cent over the last eight quarters. Indirect taxation in the form of GST on essential items are depleting household savings which are at a 50-year low. Household financial liabilities are now 6.4 per cent of GDP– the highest in decades,” he said.
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