GST Council Meeting: The 55th meeting of the GST Council was held in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. During this, many decisions were taken regarding GST. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has taunted BJP regarding the 55th meeting of the GST Council.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav posted on X and wrote - "BJP has made GST a game of snakes and ladders. Sometimes they suddenly increase GST on an item, sometimes they reduce it for the profit of their donor supporters. This creates confusion even among honest businessmen and officials, which the corrupt take advantage of."

Former CM Akhilesh Yadav further wrote- "Businessmen have even been heard saying that the BJP wants to maintain an environment of uncertainty by repeatedly changing the GST rates so that they keep getting the opportunity to collect money from small traders and shopkeepers. That is why by the time the traders understand one thing about GST, the government changes the rules.

what did congress say

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinet said that GST- another attack of Gabbar Singh Tax, now 18% GST will have to be paid on popcorn. 18% GST will be imposed on selling old cars, now in the next session of the Parliament it will be heard that I do not eat popcorn, I travel in a shining government car, what do I care about an old car, by the way Nirmala ji, I have a suggestion, why pretend about salary and wealth, you keep it in full, from now on just give me pocket money- anyway, even that is not saved!”

Tax burden on second hand vehicles increased

In this meeting held in Jaisalmer, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the use of black paper for agriculture is not within the scope of GST. Along with this, in this meeting, the GST rate on many goods and services has either been reduced or completely abolished. At the same time, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the GST Council has postponed the decision to cut tax on insurance premium. The Finance Minister announced a big decision to increase the sale of new electric vehicles, under which the tax burden on second-hand vehicles from the companies has been increased.