Sonia Gandhi to Congress CMs: Reduce sales tax on fuel
A day after the government hiked oil prices, Sonia Gandhi the president of Congress has on Thursday asked party chief ministers to effect a cut in sales tax on petroleum products. With the Congress-led coalition facing flak from both friends & foes of the UPA & supporting Left parties which have called bandhs in states ruled by them, Gandhi suggested to Congress chief ministers to lower sales tax on petroleum items.
Congress is in power in around half a dozen states, prominent among them being Maharashtra, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh & Haryana. Sonia Gandhi’s suggestion comes a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked state governments to reduce the taxes & levies on petrol, diesel & other petro products.
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