Several Congress activists and businessmen on Thursday suggested that if the party-led opposition alliance was voted to power then it should impose Goods and Services Tax (GST) on petroleum products to tame surging prices. The West Bengal Congress unit, as a part of nation-wide programme, organised a discussion on the proposed manifesto of the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The chairman of Congress manifesto committee P Chidambaram chaired the discussion. Several Congress activists, students and small businessmen expressed their anger over GST structure and suggested that if Congress was voted to power then it should revamp the indirect tax structure in order to ensure ease of doing business for small and medium enterprises.