Opposition targets Centre over imposing GST on pre-packaged food items

The Opposition on Monday attacked the Centre over imposing GST on packaged food items such as milk and curd, saying it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “masterstroke” of making India miserable.  

Rahul Gandhi hit out at the ruling BJP and shared a graph on Twitter showing how commodities like curd, paneer, rice, wheat, barley, jaggery and honey are being taxed now. There was no tax on these items of mass consumption earlier. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanded the Centre to withdraw the tax citing “steep price rise” in the country.

The BJP, however, accused Opposition parties of doing politics over the issue, saying states not ruled by the BJP were also part of the decision taken by the GST council.