Ranchi, Sept. 4 -- The Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee today criticised the Centre's decision to revise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) slabs, calling it a delayed acknowledgmentof the hardships faced by ordinary people for nearly nine years.
Party spokesperson Sonal Shanti said that while the NDA may be in power at the Centre, the "system still runs on the Congress's policies."He argued that taxing essentials such as milk, curd, books, agricultural equipment, life-saving medicines, and insurance had burdened common citizens, students, and farmers, while industrial groups benefitted from the earlier "illogical slabs."He recalled that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had opposed the GST framework in 2016, warning of its adverse impact on ...