X post on proposed drop in GST rates for 'bidis' triggers row in Bihar between BJP and Cong
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Dated:- 5-9-2025
PTI
Patna, Sep 5 (PTI) The BJP and Congress locked horns in Bihar on Friday over a social media post by the opposition party, which allegedly made disparaging remarks about the state while criticising the reduction in GST rates for “bidis”.
Leaders like Union Minister Nityanand Rai and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, both former state BJP presidents, came out with strongly worded statements against the X post of Kerala unit of the Congress, which has since been deleted.
In the post, a chart depicting a hike in proposed GST for cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, from the existing 28 per cent to 40 per cent
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parties a lesson at appropriate time”, said Rai, in an apparent reference to the upcoming assembly polls.
State Congress president Rajesh Kumar responded to the BJP's tirade saying “The post has been deleted in order to honour public sentiment. But, the ruling BJP-led NDA is distorting facts. B for Bihar was written to underscore that the GST rates have been amended with an eye on assembly polls”.
“Bidis are called sin goods as smoking these has an adverse impact on health. But the GST rate rationalisation, in which both Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Samrat Choudhary, who holds the portfolio in the state, would promote smoking”, said the BPCC president.
He added, “On the other hand, long-standing demand to bring petrol an
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