‘Flawed’ GST an attack on poor: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, September 6

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said the GST was an attack on the poor and the marginalised and urged people to come together and fight the “flawed regime”.

“The GST is not a tax system, it is an attack on the poor. It is an attack on small shopkeepers, small and medium businesses, farmers and labourers. We have to recognise this attack and stand against it together,” he said in a Twitter video terming the GST second major attack on the unorganised economy after demonetisation.

He said the GST was UPA’s idea and was conceived as one, minimal, standard and simple tax. “NDA’s GST is completely different. Four different tax slabs, up to 28 per cent, are complicated and difficult to understand. Small and medium businesses cannot pay this tax. Big companies can easily pay it by putting some accountants to do the job,” he added.

“Today, the government is unable to provide GST compensation money to states,” he said. “The current GST is an absolute failure. Not only is it unsuccessful, it is an attack on small and medium businesses,” he added. — TNS