'Reminds of tax during Mughal rule': AAP's Raghav Chadha demands rollback of GST on sarais
India Today
AAP leader Raghav Chadha met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and demanded the rollback of GST on the sarais around the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday and drew her attention towards the imposition of 12% GST imposition on sarais (inns) in the area around the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar. The AAP leader said the government reminds us of the Mughal era when Aurangzeb imposed jizya tax on pilgrims.
"The collected GST on sarais by the Central Government cannot be a more important motive than facilitating the spiritual journey of devotees who come to worship at the holy Golden Temple," Raghav Chadha said.
Raghav Chadha said that he submitted a memorandum to Nirmala Sitharaman, demanding immediate roll back of the GST on 'sarais' and the latter has assured him that all demands would be considered seriously.
On behalf of the people of Punjab, I met the Hon'ble FM @nsitharaman ji today to convey two pressing issues. Firstly, the recent decision to impose 12 % GST on the serais that serve devotees to the Holy Golden Temple. This reminds one of Aurangzeb's jizya on pilgrims. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/Fx1l7vQAcw
In his memorandum to the finance minister, the AAP MP said that the Central Government’s recent decision to impose 12 percent GST on sarais has caused great anguish to the followers of the Sikh religion and to devotees who travel from across the country to visit the Sri Darbar Sahib, the holy Golden Temple.
