The government on Saturday (August 16, 2025) accused the opposition Congress party of trying to take credit for the biggest GST reforms. The government said that the party was not even present in the House when the historical ‘one nation, one tax’ law was passed.

Top government sources also said that the statements of Congress in this regard are smelling hypocrisy. Recalling the history of the implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST), he said that when the Congress came to power in the Center in 2004, the economy was completely healthy, but still it could not unite the states for GST, because his leaders lacking nobility.

The source said, “The Congress party is now desperate to take credit for our poor supporters, middle class supporters and MSME supporters of cuts in tax rates and slabs. The Congress does the same, while its attitude is obstructing and against the common man.

Congress demanded a day after PM Modi’s announcement

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of comprehensive GST reforms, the Congress soon demanded an official discussion letter on ‘GST 2.0’ for widespread debate on Saturday (August 16, 2025). The Congress said that it was demanding a radical change in the GST system for the last two and a half years.

The source said, “If the Congress now starts teaching us on GST reforms, then it will only know its hypocrisy. Whenever we bring a basic improvement, the Congress party wants to obstruct it. ”He said that the Congress had no intention of bringing GST and when the Modi government showed leadership capacity and united the states, the Congress called it ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’.

Finance Minister of all states GST Council, his participation in decisions

The Congress party boycotted the program organized on 30 June and midnight of July 1, 2017 to commemorate the implementation of GST in the central room of Parliament. The Congress went out of the Lok Sabha during the passage of GST law. The source said, “I am surprised whether the Congress party has the moral right to talk on GST.” He said that the Finance Minister of the Congress ruled states is also part of the GST Council and they have participation in every decision taken by the council.

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