AIADMK urges government to reduce VAT on fuel prices
The Hindu
Many States effecting such reduction, says Palaniswami
AIADMK coordinator and co-coordinator O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami, in separate statements on Friday, urged the DMK government to immediately reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel prices.
Referring to the Union government’s recent slashing of excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹5 and ₹10 respectively, Mr. Palaniswami recalled many States effecting a reduction in VAT on fuel prices. “But the DMK government has effected a reduction only in petrol prices, though it said in its election manifesto that it would effect a reduction in the prices of both petrol and diesel,” he said.
Mr. Panneerselvam urged the Chief Minister to take steps to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel by at least ₹2 and ₹4 a litre respectively, if not like some States that had reduced it by ₹7 a litre.
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