Modi govt destroyed India’s economy implementing GST in amateurish fashion: Randeep Surjewala

Nov 22 2017 10:59PM

Kochi: Claiming that the Good and Services Tax (GST), envisaged by the Congress-led UPA government was a ‘’genuine and simple tax’’, AICC Communications In Charge Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday alleged that the Modi Government has destroyed India’s economy by implementing the GST in an amateurish fashion.

Addressing media here, he said, “the Goods and Services Tax, as envisioned by the Congress-UPA government, was ‘genuine and simple tax’ with a constitutional cap of 18 per cent. On the contrary, Modi government has destroyed an ill-conceived GST in an amateurish fashion.

Stating that an opportunity to add two per cent value to India’s GDP has become a nightmare for the common man and the MSME’s, he said, “the double whammy of demonetisation and GST have wreaked havoc as a government living in a ‘make belief cuckoo world’ is blinded by blinders of ‘acchhe din’’, unable to see, feel, judge or address India’s pain.’’

“As ‘tax terrorism’ reigns supreme, rapacious tax inspectors exercising draconian new powers of search and seizure running among sending a chill through honest tax players and ordinary businessman,’’ he further charged.
Alleging that the present GST rates levied by the NDA government are highest in the world, Mr Surjewala said that the multiple GST rate slabs are the fatal flow. ‘One nation, one Tax’ has become ‘’one nation, seven taxes.

From the day first itself, the Congress party had demanded to constitutionally cap the GST at a maximum of 18 per cent, he claimed.

The other demands include petroleum products, real estate and electricity under the ambit of GST and reduce the compliance burden of the GST, he said.

Stating that the Congress Party had raised multiple demands, he said the Congress party was determined to fight this battle for making GST from ‘’Flawed to Flawless.’’

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