Congress has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on GST reforms that are coming into effect from Monday, September 22, and said the prime minister addressed the nation to “claim sole ownership of the amendments made to the GST regime by the GST Council, a constitutional body.”

Congress general secretary, in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh, said Indian National Congress has long argued that the Goods and Services Tax has been a “Growth Suppressing Tax”.

“We have been demanding a GST 2.0 since July 2017 itself. This was a key pledge made in our Nyay Patra for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections,” he said.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge took a jibe at the GST reforms ans the prime minister's address with a Hindi proverb, “ nau sau choohe khakar, billi haj ko cha

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