Gorakhpur (UP), Oct 5 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday accused the Centre of misleading people in the name of “Bachat Utsav," calling it an attempt to divert attention from inflation and economic distress.

Speaking in Gorakhpur, Singh said demonetisation failed to curb black money or counterfeit notes, while GST, projected as an economic revolution, only burdened citizens.

“Taxes increased from 5 per cent to 28 per cent, yet the dream of ‘one nation, one tax’ remains unfulfilled," he said, adding that the Union government collected Rs 127 lakh crore under GST and is now deceiving the public through “false promises of savings." He said tax hikes on coal, construction, and paper have made life costlier.

“This is not a ‘Bachat Utsav’ but a ‘Chhapat Utsav’," he quipped,

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