Tell Punjab govt to bring petrol, diesel under GST: Sukhbir to Rahul

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Wednesday, asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to direct Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal to take up the issue of bringing petrol and diesel under GST in the next meeting of the GST Council, if he was really serious about ensuring relief to the common man.

In a statement, Sukhbir added the Congress president should practice what he preached.

“It is very easy to tweet that petrol prices are burdening the common man and question the central government for not bringing fuel under GST, but difficult to follow up one’s own advice as seems the case with Rahul Gandhi. The Congress president should tell Punjabis why he has not asked his own party government in Punjab to take steps to bring petrol and diesel under GST,” asked the SAD chief. HTC