GST plan made in haste: Rahul
Banswara, July 19: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at the NDA government alleging that it was not willing to discuss farmers’ issues in Parliament and that its decision to implement the GST was taken in a haste.
Wielding a bow and arrow at Kisaan Aakrosh Rally here he slammed the BJP and the RSS alleging that they do not hear the voices of the weak and the oppressed people.
He said the Congress wanted to discuss the issues of farmers at length in the Lok Sabha today but were not allowed to speak.
“The government can announce GST implementation at midnight but is not willing to discuss issues of farmers in Parliament for a minute,” Mr Gandhi alleged.
About implementation of the new indirect tax regime in the country, he said the decision was taken in haste.
“We wanted the government to take three-four more months as the proposed GST reforms had deficiencies and would impact small traders,” Mr Gandhi said.
He said small traders,
We wanted the government to take three-four more months as the proposed GST reforms had deficiencies and would impact small traders
— Rahul Gandhi, Cong V-P
farmers, labourers, tribals and Dalits, equally, run the country but the people in the BJP and the RSS did not hear the voices of the oppressed and the weak.
Mr Gandhi said the Congress believed that farmers, traders, labourers played an equally important role along side industrialists in taking the country forward.
“We want to take everybody along and take the country forward. India has made its mark due to its farmers, labourers and traders who have given their blood and sweat to it,” he said.
Accusing the BJP government of neglecting farmers, labourers, youths and small traders the Congress vice- president said the benefits were reaching only the top 50 industrialists of the country.