Centre wants to bring petrol, diesel under GST but Congress adopting double standards on issue: Sitharaman

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Union government wants to bring petrol and diesel under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), but the Congress is adopting double standards on the issue...

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the central government have been in favour of bringing petroleum products under the GST regime from the beginning as it will benefit the people, she told reporters here.. Who are the people who are stopping petrol and diesel from being brought under GST?.

If Priyanka is in favour of bringing petrol and diesel under GST, she should ask every state government of Congress to agree to it in the GST Council, the minister said...

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been targeting the BJP governments at the Centre and in Madhya Pradesh over inflation during her campaign rallies ahead of November 17 assembly elections in the state...

Asked about the impact of the Israel-Hamas war on the countrys economy, the finance minister said, Ever since the Russia-Ukraine war started, there has been continuous speculation about crude oil prices and we have been dealing with it..

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