Speaking to ANI in Shimla on Thursday, Thakur said, "First of all, I congratulate and welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this decision. As the Prime Minister mentioned in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort, the government was seriously considering GST reforms to provide rel
"The people of Bihar, including mothers and sisters, are in pain. They themselves have called for a Bharat Bandh and have got the support of the BJP and the NDA. How can they abuse the PM's mother? RJD and Congress have abused mothers and sisters, making it a shameful day for democracy," Cho
It has now become one of the new complainant along with nine separate complaints submitted by politicians and social activists, the Kerala Crime Branch confirmed on Wednesday.
Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has welcomed the Centre's decision to rationalise GST rates to two slabs, stating that he appreciates the government for "realising" its mistake after eight years of its introduction on July 1, 2017.
He mentioned that the Congress party had been advocating for reforms in GST for a decade. Kharge claimed that the GST introduced under the NDA government included Tax Slabs of 0%, 5%, 12%, 18%, 28% followed by special rates of 0.25%, 1.5%, 3%, and 6%.
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday strongly condemned the derogatory remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's late mother during the Voter Adhikar Yatra event in Darbhanga,
The Congress MP said that Union Finance Minister made major announcements following the GST council meeting; however, the decisions were proclaimed by PM Modi during his Independence Day speech.
Congress leader Priyank Kharge on Thursday criticised the Centre's recent GST reforms, and said that the "One Nation, One Tax" had turned into "One Nation, 9 Taxes."
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit out at the Congress, and said the party once considered GST was impossible to implement, but the Modi government not only rolled it out successfully but is now taking it forward with second-phase reforms to ease the burden on common people.