BJP holds signature campaign in J’khand to push for fuel VAT cut

Opposition BJP held a signature campaign on all pumps across Jharkhand on Thursday to put pressure on the Hemant Soren government to lower VAT on gasoline and diesel.

The center has cut excise taxes on gasoline and diesel prices, but the Soren government has taken no initiative in this regard, BJP leaders said.

The campaign took place at over 1,000 pumps across the state, it said.

The party’s state unit spokesman Kunal Sarangi said: “The BJP has no choice but to launch the campaign of signatures across Jharkhand as the Hemant Soren-led coalition government supports our call for a VAT cut to further reduce gasoline consumption. and diesel prices do not meet. ” ‘.

He claimed the Jharkhand signature campaign had been a great success and accused the ruling Allied Congress of being rigid on the issue.

The states not governed by the BJP, especially where Congress is a coalition partner, have not cut their taxes to ease the burden on people on fuel prices, he said. Gunjan Yadav, the leader of the Saffron Party here, said 13 BJP-ruled states and union territories followed the union government and lowered their share of the value added tax (VAT), which further lowered gasoline and diesel prices.

Yadav hit the Soren government, saying the ruling JMM-congressional alliance shouted loudly over rising gasoline and diesel prices but is now reluctant to cut sales tax.

The goal of the four-hour signature campaign was to alert people to the intent of the JMM-led government in the state, which raised its voice over rising prices of petroleum products but remained silent when it was their turn to cut sales tax fuel prices could fall further, he said. The BJP leader claimed that during the campaign, which had been well received in the steel city, popular anger against the Jharkhand government for its negligence was evident.

The claim that the state coalition is “inefficient” when it comes to deciding on fuel prices in the state, and the government’s approach, has shown that it doesn’t care about people-centered issues and its yelling is just a “‘political gimmick” ‘.

Yadav said the Jharkhand government has levied 22 percent sales tax and Re 1 as a deductible and is collecting 17 rupees per liter of gasoline and 12.50 rupees per liter of diesel, and that Congress is keeping “mama” above it.

BJP will run a phased agitation program if the von Soren government fails to cut VAT anytime soon, he said. The signature campaign was also observed in the Pakur district.

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