Give Up GST Gimmicks, Reduce Fuel Prices, KTR Tells Centre
BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday demanded that the Centre stop playing gimmicks through “headline management by way of hollow announcements instead of addressing core economic issues faced by ordinary Indians.”
Hyderabad:BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday demanded that the Centre stop playing gimmicks through “headline management by way of hollow announcements instead of addressing core economic issues faced by ordinary Indians.”
In an open letter, Rama Rao said the recent “noise” over the planned removal or revision of the 12 per cent GST slab was a diversionary tactic meant to overshadow the crippling burden imposed by fuel prices and unjust taxation policies over the last decade.
“The Centre has been aggressively promoting the idea that removing the 12% GST slab will bring a ‘real Diwali’ to the people. But for a government that has consistently raised petrol, diesel, and LPG prices — collecting lakhs of crores from the public — this is nothing more than propaganda,” Rama Rao said.
He said it was hypocritical to talk about reducing GST rates on a handful of goods while continuing to impose massive monthly burdens through inflated fuel prices. ‘If the Union Government truly intends to offer relief, it must begin by addressing the root cause: petrol and diesel prices. Reducing fuel prices will automatically bring down transport costs and, in turn, the prices of most essential commodities,” the BRS leader said in his letter to the Central government.
