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Congress spreading propaganda against GST: BJP

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..... Congress spreading propaganda against GST: BJP - GST Dated:- 9-1-2025 PTI - News - Congress spreading propaganda against GST: BJP - - - Dated:- 9-1-2025 - New Delhi, Jan 9 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday accused the Congress of spreading propaganda against the GST as the opposition party is "rattled by the success" of the indirect tax regime. In a statement, BJP national spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam sa .....

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..... id, "The Congress is the biggest hindrance to the country's development. The party is rattled by the success of the GST because it no longer has any loopholes, depriving the Congress of corruption." As a result, he claimed, the Congress has been attempting to tarnish the image of GST from the start. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday alleged that the Narendra Modi government has mad .....

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..... e the Goods and Services Tax (GST) a means of "looting" the hard-earned money of the poor and middle class and demanded that it end this "tax terrorism" and "loot" in the upcoming Union Budget. Kharge further alleged that nine types of rates make GST "complex and absurd" and not a "good and simple tax". BJP spokesperson Islam noted that the Congress initially referred to GST as the "Gabbar Singh T .....

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..... ax" despite the fact that it was the Congress's government that first introduced the concept. The GST collections, he said, have set new records, and the government has also increased the central grants given to states. Islam added, "The Congress, on the other hand, is only engaged in spreading falsehoods and misleading the public, as it has no other agenda." The GST collection was Rs 21.51 lakh c .....

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..... rore from January to December 2024. As for the financial year 2024-25, it has already reached Rs 16.33 lakh crore, with three months still remaining in the fiscal year, he said. The ease of tax compliance under GST has also benefited consumers, he added. Noting that the GST council includes chief ministers and finance ministers from several opposition-ruled states, including Congress, he said not .....

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..... a single decision in its 55 meetings so far has been made without a unanimous agreement. PTI KR SKY SKY - - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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