When, the Finance Minister has made an announcement regarding to remove the controversial EPF tax proposal, then the Congress and BJP quarrelled on Tuesday to take credit for the roll-back of the proposal tax EPF. Rahul Gandhi claimed that it happened due to his pressure on the government. In return, attacking on the Rahul, the parliamentary affairs minister Mr. Venkaiah Naidu said that he was interrupting the Parliament by blocking vital legislations.
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi claims, “My pressure worked… I had warned the government against suppressing salaried class. I felt middle-class people were being hurt by the government, so I decided to put some pressure. Happy that they have got some relief.”
He further said, “The attempt to tax the safety net of millions of hard working, middle-class people was morally wrong and shows this government’s anti-people mindset.”
Defending of his government, the FM, Mr. Jaitely replied that When Congress was in power, they did nothing special for the Indian poor and middle-class people and now opposition is engaged to make a social safely net. He also said that if the Congress agree with us to pass the GST bill in the Upper House then they can also take the credit of passage of GST.
Mr. Jaitely said, “Congress and Rahul Gandhi can take credit for all decisions. He can take credit for the passage of GST and other bills if he lets Parliament function and helps the government in the passage of the bills. These are not the bills of BJP but of the country.”
