The latest GST 2.0 reforms came into effect on September 22, coinciding with Navratri’s first day. While PM Modi highlighted swadeshi push and economic growth, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav attacked BJP, questioning eight years of GST collections and mocking promises on relief measures.
MP Akhilesh Yadav. Filepic
The latest GST reforms are set to come into action from September 22. With GWT2.0 reforms to be implemented from today, the Samajwadi Party president, Akhilesh Yadav, has taken a swipe at the BJP government. The Lok Sabha MP, while slamming the BJP over the news of GST reforms, said, “Where have the GST collections over the past eight years gone?”
The GST Council, comprising the Centre and states, has decided to reduce tax rates on goods and services from September 22, which also marks the auspicious first day of Navratri.
Senior leader Akhilesh Yadav highlighted the listing possibilities, such as whether the total amount would be delivered in cash to people's homes like the "UP BJP government's Mahakumbh model", adjusted in the next insurance premium, credited directly to bank accounts as direct benefit transfer, or deducted from the "Rs 15 lakh" promised earlier by the BJP. He asserted, "The public is asking where the money collected in the name of GST has gone," as cited by news agency PTI.
While posting on the social media platform, Akhilesh, during the late hours of Sunday, further asked whether the GST collection amount would be distributed along with the long-pending promise of subsidised LPG cylinders, paid using funds allegedly received by BJP from companies through "backdoor routes", handed out in cash on the eve of the next election, used to waive school fees for children, or compensated by making medicines and healthcare free for the sick and elderly. He further asked, "Or will it simply be added to the BJP's jumlakosh (fund of promises)?"
In a previous post made after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's GST-related address to the nation on Sunday evening, Akhilesh Yadav had said, "Bachat ya chapat (relief or rip-off)."
Earlier on Sunday, a day before the revised Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates came into effect, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also made a strong appeal for promoting ‘swadeshi’ (indigenous) goods and said the next-generation GST reforms would accelerate India’s economic growth.
The Prime Minister, while highlighting the importance of Make in India, also asserted that it will improve the ease of doing business and attract greater investment.
Prime Minister Modi, while addressing the nation, further said that “GST Utsav would begin on the first day of Navratri, offering a ‘double bonanza’ for citizens when paired with recent income tax exemptions,” as cited by news agency PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
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