Without going into the merits or/and demerits of the goods and services tax, I would request Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to explain how his party, if voted to power in 2019, will deal with the GST (“You have eased out businesses: Rahul slams Centre”, Nov. 2). Will he scrap it in its present form? What modifications will he bring to it? Since he criticises it the most, it is also his duty to give a direct answer to the public without any other Congressperson having to speak on his behalf. And if not GST, he should also explain how his party will augment government revenue to meet its growing obligations and duties.
N. Narayanan Nagarajan,
Chennai
A few days back, Rahul Gandhi referred to the GST as “Gabbar Singh Tax”. Now he says ease of doing business is absent and what the government has done is to ease out business. In his speech, he referred to the World Bank as “some foreign institution”. He seems to think that political success can be achieved by hiding his poor understanding of affairs, through catchwords and phrases, and by turning up at trouble spots like Rae Bareli. Should your paper be giving prime coverage to these statements and actions?
A. Ramachandran,
Palakkad
