Centre's GST rate cuts direct consequence of BJP losing absolute majority in Lok Sabha: Abhishek
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Dated:- 22-9-2025
PTI
Kolkata, Sep 22 (PTI) Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday alleged that the Centre's decision to reduce GST rates across commodities was a direct fallout of the BJP losing an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in 2024.
Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on the eve of GST 2.0 rollout on Sunday, Banerjee asked whether there was a “GST Loot Utsav” taking place for the past eight years.
“There's a saying in Bengali that a cat never climbs a tree until it is in danger. The BJP has suffered electoral losses; they lost 60 seats and their tally (in Lok Sabha) has gon
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-18, when GST was first introduced, for the last eight years or so, was a 'GST Loot Utsav' taking place?” the TMC national general secretary asked.
The leader emphasised a direct correlation between the BJP's performance in the 2024 polls and the policy of GST cut.
“It is evident that if the BJP loses, taxes decrease. And if the BJP wins, taxes go up. This is clear as daylight. The GST rates never went down in the past decade and no relief measure was announced for the common people. It has happened now because the BJP has lost,” Banerjee maintained.
He also lashed out at the manner in which tax collections have been managed in “non-BJP ruled states”.
“Today, the country and its economy have been brought to its knees by the BJP governme
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“What about the PM inaugurating the Ram temple and the idol of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya in January 2024, three months before Ram Navami? Has any BJP leader commented on that act which was done eyeing the Lok Sabha elections?” he asked.
Banerjee alleged that the Modi government has perfected the “art of double speak, taking no accountability for abrupt declaration of demonetisation leading to deaths of many people, and taking away financial dues of the state against the spirit of the federal setup”.
Accusing the BJP of lacking transparency, he demanded to know how much money had been given to West Bengal and how much taken from the state through direct and indirect taxes.
“The BJP unilaterally imposed GST on a wide range of essential commod
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