GPCC chief Gohil criticises BJP govt's budget

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 17:06 [IST]

Ahmedabad, Feb 23 (UNI) Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief spokesperson and former finance minister Shaktisingh Gohil today termed the budget, presented by the State BJP government as ''anti-poor'' and ''anti-development.'' ''After the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) and Octroi, other taxes should be abolished. However, the people of Gujarat are already overburdened under these taxes and had to shell out Rs 4,000 crore to the government this year,'' Mr Gohil said.

''After Chief Minister Narendra Modi assumed power, Gujarat has become more debt ridden than Bihar, he claimed.

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Topics: BUDGET-GUJ-CONG

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