AAP's Sanjay Singh Gives Adjournment Notice In Upper House On GST Hike

AAP's Member of Parliament Sanjay Singh slammed the centre and said that the government is continuously bringing down the country's economy to the pits for the benefit of the people.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Singh on Tuesday gave an adjournment motion notice under Rule 267 to discuss the increased Goods and Services Tax (GST) on food items and rising inflation.

"With your request, I would like to inform you that the inflation in our country is touching the new sky every day. This rising inflation has shaken the life of the common man. Despite this, the government has done the work of snatching the morsel from the mouth of every person including the poor and middle class by increasing the rates of GST," Sanjay Singh said in his notice.

"Sir, today it has happened for the first time since independence that now people will have to pay 5 per cent tax on flour. The government did not spare any of the pulses, curd, lassi and rice. The government has increased the tax from 5 per cent to 8 per cent not only on food but on everything needed by the common man. Petrol and diesel prices have already broken the back of the common man, while the rupee has crossed 180 against the dollar. The government has put the economy of the country in very bad condition," he said.

Pointing out that the AAP government in Delhi has made everything free, the Rajya Sabha MP slammed the centre and said that the government is continuously bringing down the country's economy to the pits for the benefit of the people.