Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 2: Traders Federation Ware House, Nehru Market Jammu held a grand function at Ware House today to welcome the UT Government’s order abolishing Toll Tax on goods.
All the traders of Wholesale Mandi were present on the occasion and danced to the tune of Dhol amidst bursting of fire crackers. General secretary of the Federation, Deepak Gupta distributed sweets amongst the shopkeepers of Ware House and Nehru Market.
Deepak Gupta on behalf of traders, common people and consumers complimented Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, Amit Shah, Home Minister, Dr. Jitendra Singh, MoS who took a lead in understanding this all important issue and finally abolished Toll Tax and Lt Governor, G.C. Murmu for taking this historic decision.
Deepak Gupta on this occasion said that the Lakhanpur Excise Toll levy was not less than a Jazia that continued even after the implementation of GST. Deepak Gupta said that when GST was implemented in the whole country, traders demonstrated outside the Warehouse and demanded the implementation of GST in Jammu and Kashmir. The traders were hopeful that the implementation of GST would give relief from Lakhanpur Toll Tax, but it did not. GST was implemented in Jammu and Kashmir and Toll Tax was not removed. The Federation strongly raised the issue of double tax on consumers and demanded the removal of Lakhanpur Toll Tax.
Gupta said that when Jammu and Kashmir became a Union Territory, the hope of removing the Lakhanpur Toll Tax was tied, but disappointment was felt. Gupta said that by removing the Lakhanpur Toll Tax, the Government has made a real merger of Jammu and Kashmir with India. “Now we can say that there is One Nation-One Tax”.
Dheeraj Gupta, senior vice president, Munish Mahajan, vice president, Abhimanyu Gupta, secretary, Vishal Gupta, cashier of the Federation and senior members of Federation were also present on this occasion.
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