Will BJP people stop eating puffed rice? Mamata slams Centre on GST rate hike

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the Centre over the hike in GST rates on several products and services.

Taking a dig at the BJP-led Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, July 21, asked if BJP would stop eating puffed rice (muri) as GST had been imposed on it?

“Now that GST has been imposed on puffed rice as well, so will the people of BJP not eat that now. GST is levied on sweets, lassi, and curd. What will people eat? GST is even imposed when a patient is hospitalised,” Mamata Banerjee said at TMC's Martyr's Day rally.

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Kolkata | Now that GST has been imposed on puffed rice as well, so will the people of BJP not eat that now. GST is levied on sweets, lassi, and curd. What will people eat? GST is even imposed when a patient is hospitalized: WB CM Mamata Banerjee at TMC's Martyr's Day rally pic.twitter.com/5PLBk5VQkF

Mamata Banerjee was speaking at the Shaheed Diwas (Martyr's Day) rally in Kolkata. "Puffed rice has also got GST. BJP friends will not eat puffed rice now. How much GST has been levied on puffed rice, sweets, lassi, curd, batasha and neem leaves? What will we eat? How will we eat? Return our things or you (BJP) go away," she said.