Panneerselvam slams DMKs opposition to bring petroleum products under GST reminds it of its earlier stand
Chennai Sep 19 PTI The AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Sunday questioned the DMK governments opposition to bring petroleum products under the Goods and Services Tax GST saying it was contrary to the ruling partys persistent demands for covering fuel under the GST ambit earlier when it was in the opposition Chief Minister M K Stalin as Leader of Opposition in the past had often stressed for bringing petrol and diesel under GST saying it will enable in reduction of the fuel prices AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam said However the government had opposed any move to bring petrol and diesel under the tax ambit in the latest GST Council meeting on Friday saying it was a means of key tax revenue for the states he pointed out DMK is known for taking one stand while in the opposition and another when in power in issues like regional autonomy NEET cancellation and inter-state river disputes the former chief minister said in a party statement Explaining in detail DMKs earlier demand for bringing petroleum products under the GST and its Finance Minister P T Palanivel Thiaga Rajan now opposing any such move he said there was an apprehension among the public that the ruling partys earlier stand was only a desperate attempt to capture power Therefore Chief Minister M K Stain should intervene in the matter immediately and in order to lessen the burden on the people take steps to bring petroleum products under GST and establish DMKs pre-election stand he urged This will also help in total fulfilling of DMKs poll-time promise of reducing the rates of petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 3 respectively he added The DMK government had last month announced a cut of Rs 3 per litre in petrol rates Tamil Nadu on Friday opposed the idea of bringing fuels under the goods and services tax GST by saying the petrol and diesel remain one of the last vestiges of a states right to manage its own revenue The GST Council chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday had decided to continue to keep petrol and diesel out of the uniform national tax regime besides taking a number of other taxation related decisions PTI SA APR APR
Chennai Sep 19 PTI The AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Sunday questioned the DMK governments opposition to bring petroleum products under the Goods and Services Tax GST saying it was contrary to the ruling partys persistent demands for covering fuel under the GST ambit earlier when it was in the opposition Chief Minister M K Stalin as Leader of Opposition in the past had often stressed for bringing petrol and diesel under GST saying it will enable in reduction of the fuel prices AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam said However the government had opposed any move to bring petrol and diesel under the tax ambit in the latest GST Council meeting on Friday saying it was a means of key tax revenue for the states he pointed out DMK is known for taking one stand while in the opposition and another when in power in issues like regional autonomy NEET cancellation and inter-state river disputes the former chief minister said in a party statement Explaining in detail DMKs earlier demand for bringing petroleum products under the GST and its Finance Minister P T Palanivel Thiaga Rajan now opposing any such move he said there was an apprehension among the public that the ruling partys earlier stand was only a desperate attempt to capture power Therefore Chief Minister M K Stain should intervene in the matter immediately and in order to lessen the burden on the people take steps to bring petroleum products under GST and establish DMKs pre-election stand he urged This will also help in total fulfilling of DMKs poll-time promise of reducing the rates of petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 3 respectively he added The DMK government had last month announced a cut of Rs 3 per litre in petrol rates Tamil Nadu on Friday opposed the idea of bringing fuels under the goods and services tax GST by saying the petrol and diesel remain one of the last vestiges of a states right to manage its own revenue The GST Council chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday had decided to continue to keep petrol and diesel out of the uniform national tax regime besides taking a number of other taxation related decisions PTI SA APR APR
