BJP criticises Govt. approach to UST

By Our Staff Reporter

PONDICHERRY, AUG. 7. Mr. A. M. Krishnamoorthy, MLA, president of the BJP in Pondicherry, today said the ruling Congress and its allies were adopting a disjointed approach in representing to the Centre the ill effects of the uniform sales tax to be imposed in the Union Territory.

Addressing presspersons here, he said the Chief Minister should have put together a delegation drawn from different walks of life, to explain to the Centre to the implications.

A committee comprising the Finance Ministers of West Bengal and a few other States had been urging for the undelayed implementation of the new pattern of taxes in all States and Union Territories.

The CPI (M), instead of resorting to a campaign here, should urge the West Bengal Government to persuade the Centre to drop the move.

Mr. Krishnamoorthy said he, along with other party leaders, urged the Prime Minister and the Finance and Home Ministers not to go ahead with the new taxation, at the BJP national executive committee meeting held in New Delhi last month.

He said a multi-departmental meeting would be convened next month in the presence of the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr. Vidyasagar Rao, at which measures would be discussed to tap the tourist potential in Pondicherry in order to compensate the revenue loss on account of the imposition of uniform sales tax.

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