The Kerala
government hiking taxes on liquor and tobacco products, water charges, land
registration and stamp duty in a bid to tide over a financial crunch is deadly against
the interest of common people of Kerala. Any hike in tax would definitely
affect all people and not alone the rich as the CM claimed. A company
chairman staying in a VIP suit of a
luxury hotel or travelling in VIP class, meets the expense by selling the
company product mostly to common people. This means a learned minister saying
that ‘hiking plane ticket will not affect common man’ is absurd
The new
tax burden of over Rs.2,000 crore now placed on Kerala people has no justification
as it is outside the budgetary provisions. The many time Finance Minister K M
Mani has proved once again that his financial management is utterly hopeless.
It is
learnt that the CPM planned launch a massive protest against the present tax
hike. This would mean that Mani’s last wish to become the CM of Kerala has met
with an abrupt end.
K A
Solaman
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