| BJP is anti-poor, pro-rich: Harsh Dev | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 18: Accusing the BJP of having miserably failed to control fuel price rise and inflation besides imposing weird taxes one after the other, scores of Panther activists led by Harsh Dev Singh Chairman-JKNPP and Yash Paul Kundal General Secretary-JKNPP staged a thundering protest demonstration at Exhibition Ground in Jammu today.
Infuriated over the sharp rise in prices of fuel, LPG, imposition of Property Tax and erection of Toll Plazas in Jammu, the protestors raised slogans of “Jab se BJP sarkaar ayee, Kamar todh mehangayi layee”, “Bahut ho gayee mehangayi ki maar, nahin chahiye Modi sarkaar”, “BJP ka ek hi sapna, Ram Ram japna, paraya maal apna”, “Hum do hamare do, Diesel nabbe, Petrol sou”.
Describing India’s Petrol and Diesel prices costliest in Southeast Asia, Harsh Dev Singh said that at the time when GST had been introduced to rationalise indirect taxes in the country, it was indeed unjustifiable to keep petro-products outside the ambit of new taxation regime.
“With hefty excise duty on fuel already levied, the addition of new agri cess on it has broken all records of fuel hike taking petrol to Rs.100/- per litre. And with the petrol and diesel becoming dearer, the price of domestic LPG cylinder had also soared to Rs. 820 per cylinder. The soaring prices of fuel and gas have added to the woes of the common masses”, Harsh rued. Asserting that soaring price of fuel has led to steep rise in transportation fares, Singh further pointed out that it had turned other essential commodities dearer.
“The astounding rates of staple vegetables, groceries including dairies, cereals, pulses and edible oils have broken the spine of common man. He regretted that inflation had become a benchmark of BJP’s governance and looting people by burning holes in their pockets had always been its nasty motive.
In view of J&K Govt. issuing orders to levy property tax on lands and buildings of late, Mr. Singh divulged that the government was going to levy another obnoxious tax on the people to ramp up organized loot and plunder of public money.
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