Monsoon Session: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi joins opposition protest against GST hike

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday joined the Opposition protest against against the recent hike in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on Tuesday in Parliament.

While speaking to media persons on the GST hike, Congress Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge said on Monday had said that they will protest at the Gandhi statue and also inside as well as outside the House.

Communist Party of India (CPI) MP Binoy Viswam also criticised the Central government over the change in GST rates and said the party will fight it terming the hike "absolutely anti-people”.

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"GST hike is absolutely anti-people, we will fight it," said Viswam.

Earlier on Monday, Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the BJP and shared a graph on Twitter showing how commodities like curd, paneer, rice, wheat, barley, jaggery and honey are being taxed now. There was no tax on these items of mass consumption earlier. (ANI)

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