Farooq slams Mehbooba’s call for GST exemption for J&K

SRINAGAR: Opposition NC president Farooq Abdullah today criticised Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s pitch for GST exemption to Jammu and Kashmir’s handicraft, dry fruits, and tourism industries.

Abdullah said Mehbooba’s meeting with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was an attempt to hoodwink the Kashmiri people.

“Either Mehbooba Mufti had not even bothered to look at GST Bill before giving it a go-ahead in the State Cabinet or she is clearly trying to befool Kashmiris. Asking for GST exemption now after passing the bill is mere drama,” Abdullah, Lok Sabha member from Srinagar constituency, said at a workers’ meeting at Ganderbal. (AGENCIES)