Centre Owes Rs 26,500 Crore To Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also accused the Centre of giving a step-motherly treatment to Maharashtra.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday claimed the Centre owed Rs 26,500 crore to the state, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said some states did not reduce VAT on petrol and diesel despite the excise duty cut by the Union government in November last year.
Thackeray also accused the Centre of giving a step-motherly treatment to Maharashtra.
During a virtual interaction with chief ministers on the emerging COVID-19 situation in the country, PM Modi on Wednesday said some states did not reduce VAT on petrol and diesel despite the excise duty cut by the Centre last November and had done "injustice" to the people by not transferring the benefits of the move to them.
Modi said the Centre had urged states to reduce taxes and transfer the benefit to the citizens.
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