Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) State president, laxmi Kant Bajpai attacked Centre Government for imposing service tax even on those who perform rituals during cremation or during other prayers etc.
He claimed that this decision will prove last nail in the coffin for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government whose days are now already numbered as the people have been ready to up-root the Congress as soon as they will get the opportunity. He also threatened that the party leaders will stage a huge demonstration against it on all district head-quarters and will hand over a memorandum addressed to President, Pranab Mukherjee requesting him to intervene in the matter on coming Monday. Rs Rs Imposing service tax on astrologers, domestic seers who help in performing puja and marriage functions, tarocards readers, palmistry, etc along with those who perform rituals during cremation is worst then what the Britishers taxed the democratically elected government after Independence which is known as Jaziya Tax", asserted BJP state president while flaying decision of UPA government in this regard. In a statement released here on Saturday evening, laxmi
Kant Bajpai said that the Congress had to pay the price for putting the pandits and other gurus as Rs Tax evaders’ (Kar chor) if they will not pay the service and that threatening to impose 200 percent fine on them. Rs Rs Anti-Hindu policies of Congress like awarding imprisonment upto three years for those who will be held for not pay service tax will surely proved too costly for the UPA government and they had to pay the price for it in next General elections", threatened BJP state president. He said that the move was made just to please the minority community whom the government even gave subsidy if they go for Rs Haj’.