Charging that the Centre was not fully prepared to roll out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, the Congress advised veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan to withdraw as brand ambassador of the new tax regime in India so as to avoid becoming a fall guy and face brickbats.
“Would advise @SrBachchan to wthdraw frm brand ambassador of #GST in ths form.An expected backlash frm traders may go against him eventually,” Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam tweeted. Talking to media after putting out the tweet, Nirupam said “Both Prime Minister and Finance Minister know well that the Government is neither ready nor does it have the infrastructure to roll out GST. That’s why it is using a legend like Bachchan so that he becomes the fall guy.”