New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday criticised the Centre's claim that the latest reforms in Goods and Services Tax (GST) would boost consumption and said that this rhetoric and dialogue have not helped the common man in the past decade.

The AIMIM leader warned that state governments could collectively face a revenue shortfall of Rs 8,000-10,000 crore each as a result of the changes.

Speaking to the media, he said, "All the rhetoric and dialogue that we have seen in the last 11 years have not helped the common man. We can't welcome it because it will have a very bad impact on the revenue and finances of the states and every state will face a revenue loss 8 to 10 thousand crores."

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