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The CPI would skip the special midnight meeting tomorrow on GST implementation, as it accused the Centre of being in a hurry to launch it without heeding to appeals by sections of the concerned industry.
Communist Party of India General Secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy said the party, after discussions with its MPs, decided to skip the meeting convened by the government.
The CPI currently has one member each in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
“They (the government) are doing it in a hurry without giving proper time,” Reddy told PTI here, airing his party’s concerns on the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
He said the tax slabs under GST are much higher than earlier on things such as shoes, slippers, clothes and textiles, all of which would now be costlier though there may be some goods whose prices would also come down.
“The government is not ready to heed some of the appeals (of sections of the concerned industry), and they are going ahead in a hurry,” Reddy said.
He said that banking transactions, as also credit and debit card ones, have become costlier.
“Taking into consideration all this, we have decided to avoid the session,” Reddy said.
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