AAP MP Raghav Chadha highlighted the growing burden of taxes on the common man and said that from birth to death, one has to pay tax at every step without getting any good quality service in return.”Tax to live, tax to die and tax on every breath!” Chadha said, adding that the burden of tax begins even before a child opens their eyes as sweets to celebrate the birth attract 28 per cent tax.Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP AD Singh also demanded the rationalisation of GST slabs. Singh said the concession given in the income tax by the Union government in the Budget is helping a very small section of the population.The RJD leader questioned how government policies are being formulated without the Census being conducted. “Policies in the country are influenced by the ‘Bombay club’,” he said.He added that the situation was the same under the previous Congress-led UPA government.Meanwhile, CPI(M) MP John Brittas said, “I don’t know if it is the Bombay club, Nagpur club, or Gujarat club, but this is heavily loaded against Kerala and South India.”He said that South India has become a “colony” of North India.YSRCP leader Ayodhya Rami Reddy Alla, while praising the government as “disciplined and hardworking”, urged the need for a comprehensive sector-wise development vision over the next 25 years. He stressed the importance of aligning planning and expenditure within a 3 percent deviation.Abdul Wahab (IUML) demanded an increase in the MPLAD funds and a check on NBFC banks mushrooming in Kerala. He also expressed concerns over the closing down of 50 per cent of startups in the country and the 18 per cent GST imposed even on used old cars.Responding to the Opposition remarks, Kunwar Ratanjeet Pratap Narayan Singh (BJP) said, “Until the tariff is not implemented, what speech or what mention can anyone make on it. We will be able to talk about it only after it is implemented after April 2.”Earlier it was said that India should maintain relations with America, but now when Prime Minister Modi is talking about the benefits that India can get for trade by improving relations with the US, the Opposition has an issue, he pointed out.Nationalist Congress Party MP Prafful Patel said the tariff imposition would not impact India as we are a “net exporter” to the US.Congress’ Renuka Chowdhury, Dharmshila Gupa (BJP) and Vikramjit Singh Sahney of the AAP also participated in the debate.(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
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