Take all credit but let Parliament function: Arun Jaitley mocks Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi for taking credit for the roll back on EPF tax, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday mocked the Congress Vice President, asking him to pass the GST bill and take credit for that as well.

“Congress and Rahul Gandhi can take credit for all decisions. He can take credit for the passage of GST and other bills if he lets Parliament function and helps the government in the passage of the bills. These are not the bills of BJP but of the country,” Jaitley told the media.

The comments came after Gandhi took credit for the government’s decision to drop the proposed taxation on EPF, claiming that the decision was a result of his pressure.

“I told the government that they should not oppress the salaried-class. So, the rollback of the government is a good decision. Whenever somebody is being oppressed wrongly or victimized, I tend to try and help those people. I felt that the salaried and the middle-class people were being hurt by the government. So, I decided to put some pressure on the government. I am happy that they have got some relief,” he told the media yesterday.