CM Siddaramaiah questions Centre over \u2018tax terrorism\u2019 against Karnataka
GST
Dated:- 1-4-2026
PTI
Bengaluru, Apr 1 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Centre, questioning whether its financial policies towards the state amounted to “tax terrorism or tax plunder”.<\/p>\n
Launching a tirade against the union government, he alleged that it returns only 15 paise against every rupee contributed by the people of the state.<\/p>\n
He charged that the BJP leaders from Karnataka opted to speak against the state government instead of supporting it.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor every one rupee contributed by Kannadigas in taxes, the Union Government returns only 15 paise. Should this be called tax terroris<\/p>\n
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Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong> = = = = = = = =<\/p>\n day, they choose to speak against us,\u201d Siddaramaiah said.<\/p>\n He underlined that Karnataka has emerged as a leading state in GST performance and ranked second in total GST collections, first in growth rate, recording a 17 per cent increase.<\/p>\n Yet, despite this strong contribution, the state receives only about 52 per cent in return, the Chief Minister said, adding the “flawed and unscientific implementation” of GST has resulted in significant financial losses for Karnataka, amounting to thousands of crores of rupees.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Union Government has further weakened the state\u2019s financial position by denying our rightful share under the 15th Finance Commission, not sharing cess and surcharge revenues, failing to compensate GST losses, a<\/p>\n = = = = = = = =<\/p>\n
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