Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday slammed the BJP led Centre for increasing the GST imposed on scientific equipment.
Describing the upward revision of GST on scientific equipment as an âunkind actâ, Chidambaram took a sarcastic jibe at the ruling BJPâs âre-imaginingâ of the past and said, âGST on scientific equipment needed by research institutions and universities raised from 5% to 12-18%. This unkind act is after reducing the budget allocation of the ministry of science by 3.9% from last year.â
Taking to twitter to vent his ire at the BJP regime, the senior Congress leader said, âThe government perhaps believes that all the scientific knowledge that we need can be gathered by gazing at the sky and re-imagining our past.â
The loaded Tweet comes a day after Chidambaram called out the Modi regime for subjecting his party chief Sonia Gandhi through ED (Enforcement Directorate) probe in the National Herald case. âThe ED claims to be âinvestigatingâ Sonia Gandhi in a recorded transaction where not one rupee was given nor one rupee taken by anyone. This must be the first case in the world of âmoney launderingâ without any âmoneyâ changing hands.â Taking potshots at the BJP regime for âwriting offâ the loans of defaulting corporate honchos close to the ruling dispensation, the former finance minister referred to media reports putting the cumulative default of 255 persons at Rs 2.4 lakh crore and wondered, âHow many of them have been investigated or prosecuted by the CBI and ED?â
Describing the upward revision of GST on scientific equipment as an âunkind actâ, Chidambaram took a sarcastic jibe at the ruling BJPâs âre-imaginingâ of the past and said, âGST on scientific equipment needed by research institutions and universities raised from 5% to 12-18%. This unkind act is after reducing the budget allocation of the ministry of science by 3.9% from last year.â
Taking to twitter to vent his ire at the BJP regime, the senior Congress leader said, âThe government perhaps believes that all the scientific knowledge that we need can be gathered by gazing at the sky and re-imagining our past.â
The loaded Tweet comes a day after Chidambaram called out the Modi regime for subjecting his party chief Sonia Gandhi through ED (Enforcement Directorate) probe in the National Herald case. âThe ED claims to be âinvestigatingâ Sonia Gandhi in a recorded transaction where not one rupee was given nor one rupee taken by anyone. This must be the first case in the world of âmoney launderingâ without any âmoneyâ changing hands.â Taking potshots at the BJP regime for âwriting offâ the loans of defaulting corporate honchos close to the ruling dispensation, the former finance minister referred to media reports putting the cumulative default of 255 persons at Rs 2.4 lakh crore and wondered, âHow many of them have been investigated or prosecuted by the CBI and ED?â