Coming down heavily on the Delhi Government, Delhi BJP on Monday said the Delhi Government has made the VAT Department as its tool to raise electoral funds for the ruling party.
Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay said the foundation of the revenue of Delhi Government is the revenue collected through the VAT Department. “The traders of Delhi have always co-operated honestly in the development of Delhi but the Kejriwal Government by introducing scheme Bill lao Inaam Pao has put the traders of Delhi in the dock as if the traders of Delhi are evading tax by not giving bills. Similarly the promise of paying the traders a part of the increased tax collection through the traders’ wing is phantasm because there is no legal recognition for such scheme. Since the Kejriwal Government came to power the traders of Delhi are not getting refunds from the VAT Department,” Upadhyay said.
He said since the Kejriwal Government came to power in Delhi it has used VAT Department to first harass the traders through announcement of unacceptable taxation provisions and then taken the announcements back after collecting major donations for the ruling party from the concerned.
“Soon after coming to power the Kejriwal Government had announced that Inspectors of VAT Department will not be allowed to go in the markets but today almost every Traders’ Associations in Delhi more so in the wholesale trade areas are fighting against the terror of Inspector Raj which ends only after obliging the ruling parties traders wing,” said Upadhyay.