SAD president Sukhbir Badal on Thursday asked the Congress-led Punjab Government to immediately reciprocate and reduce VAT on both petro products by Rs five per litre each keeping in view the fact that petrol and diesel prices in the state were the highest in North India.
Sukhbir also asked the Congress government to immediately convene a special session of the Vidhan Sabha and table a resolution to bring both petrol and diesel under the GST ambit. “This will go a long way in giving a further relief to the common man as well as farmers by affecting a major cut in VAT and other taxes on these petro products,” he added.