P Chidambaram Slams Finance Minister, Says GST Dues Not Given To All States

Citing an interview given by Nirmala Sitharaman, P Chidambaram said the finance minister "angrily rebuffed the interviewer and snapped: ''What dues, I have cleared the GST dues of all states''".

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is "wrong" in claiming that GST dues of states have been cleared and cited the example of Congress-ruled Rajasthan, Punjab and Chhattisgarh. Citing an interview given by Ms Sitharaman, he said the finance minister "angrily rebuffed the interviewer and snapped: ''What dues, I have cleared the GST (Goods and Services Tax) dues of all states''". "The FM was wrong. The anger was unjustified," the former Union finance minister said in a statement. P Chidambaram said he has gathered data about GST dues from three states which stand at Rs 7,393 crore for Punjab as on June 1, 2021, Rs. 7,142 crore for Rajasthan as on May 21 and Rs 3,069 crore for Chhattisgarh as on June 1.