West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee calls the state’s acceptance of GST a blunder, alleging the Union government diverted funds to BJP-ruled states. She also criticises SIR, illegal infiltration handling, and announces a cricket stadium in Siliguri in Richa Ghosh’s name

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that accepting the Goods and Services Tax (GST) proposed by the Union government was a blunder on behalf of the Trinamool Congress-led state government.

“We accepted the GST to honour the federal structure of democracy in the country with a positive mind. But under the present circumstances it seems that accepting that was a blunder on our part,” the Chief Minister said, while addressing the media persons from Siliguri of Darjeeling district on the first day o

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