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00:00As you all know, on 1st February, the Indian government's budget will be presented to the Central Government.
00:07And the Congress Party has always raised those issues within and outside the Sadhan,
00:14which are related to the common citizen.
00:17Among them, the most important issue is our economy.
00:23In June 2024, when Lok Sabha's results were announced,
00:27the people who had claimed 300-400 crores,
00:32were shown a mirror by the people,
00:34and a broken constitution was issued,
00:37in which none of the parties got a majority.
00:39And along with the Baisakhs, the BJP created a government.
00:45Now, on 1st February, the budget will be presented.
00:50So, the Congress Party, on behalf of the party,
00:54which is a very important demand and an issue that we want to talk about,
00:59is the issue of GST.
01:02GST is a consumption tax,
01:05which is collected from the poor.
01:08So, whenever the government's figures come,
01:10that record GST collection, record-breaking GST collection,
01:14they basically mention the indirect tax from the middle classes.
01:22In this country, the number of people who pay income tax is only 5%.
01:27And GST, all the citizens are paying it indirectly.
01:31But the biggest burden is on the professionals, the middle class,
01:38and the people who are earning income.
01:41The government has created a lot of slabs.
01:45And the interesting thing is,
01:47when the UPS government first imagined GST,
01:51then this very BJP strongly opposed GST.
01:55And not only against GST,
01:58when in Manmohanji's government,
02:00we used the Aadhaar card for the first time,
02:03then the BJP strongly opposed the Aadhaar card,
02:08the UAD,
02:09the DPT, the Direct Benefit Transfer,
02:12which the BJP promotes a lot,
02:15when for the first time,
02:16we gave a small town of Rajasthan, Kot Kasim,
02:18there for the first time,
02:19through the DPT,
02:20we gave a LBGP subsidy,
02:22then the BJP strongly opposed the Kain government.
02:25On economic issues,
02:27the BJP opposed the FDI in retail.
02:31Today, they have become its advocates.
02:33The FDI in the defence sector,
02:35whatever the BJP opposed,
02:37today, they have become its promoters.
02:39So, the BJP is continuously changing its stand.
02:42Those who opposed GST,
02:44and when GST was discussed in the council,
02:46then the then Chief Minister of Gujarat,
02:48Modi ji, used to completely oppose it.
02:50And when the BJP government implemented GST,
02:54then at 12 o'clock at night,
02:56creating a lot of atmosphere in the Sadan,
02:58as if they have invented something new,
03:00and implemented a flawed GST.
03:02I am saying flawed because
03:04every government has to increase the income.
03:07This government is increasing the income of a few people,
03:10and a very limited group.
03:13You see the figures.
03:15Corporates have a tax break of 2 lakh crores.
03:19And you are receiving GST from the middle class.
03:22When you are continuously taking GST from the public,
03:26then they are not getting any relief.
03:28Inflation and inflation,
03:30and especially the food price inflation,
03:32is breaking the record.
03:34Everything, LPG cylinder,
03:36food, daily necessities,
03:38prices are increasing.
03:40There are so many slams in it.
03:42There is a famous example of popcorn.
03:46There are 3 types of taxes imposed on it.
03:48The small businessmen,
03:50cannot bear it.
03:52It is such a complicated process,
03:55that the small businessmen are not able to comply with GST.
03:59If they are not able to comply,
04:01then there is terrorism.
04:03There are notices from the inspectors and the department.
04:05It is exploited.
04:07Similarly, all the agencies of the country,
04:09which are income tax,
04:11revenue services,
04:13GST inspectors,
04:15labour inspectors,
04:17they create a lot of terrorism.
04:19I will not talk about EDCV,
04:21you all know it.
04:23But to make the economy better,
04:25the government has put a lot of pressure on the middle class.
04:27So, we demand from the government,
04:29from the Minister of Agriculture,
04:31that the people should not be trapped in the traps of numbers.
04:33They should rationalize the slams.
04:35The middle class is suffering a lot because of GST.
04:39And the farmers,
04:41who earn 10-20,000 rupees a month,
04:43they have to take care of their children.
04:45There is maximum pressure on them.
04:47And the small businessmen,
04:49who are the owners of lakhs of crores,
04:51they are constantly being taxed.
04:53You are giving a tax break of 10,000 rupees.
04:55A tax break of lakhs of crores to a few people.
04:57And you are putting the burden of GST
04:59on 80% of the population of the country.
05:01We are against that.
05:03Many times,
05:05Mr. Khargi and Mr. Rahul Gandhi
05:07have spoken about this in the Congress Party.
05:09Because now,
05:11the budget will be presented in 2-3 weeks.
05:13So, we want the Kerala government
05:15to understand the feelings of the people.
05:17And in the matter of GST,
05:19leave your stubbornness.
05:21In the BJP,
05:23whatever they say, they say.
05:25Whether it is about the currency,
05:27or the lockdown,
05:29the things that should be done
05:31as a consensus, they don't do it.
05:33The first proposal of GST
05:35came to our government.
05:37Swarga Manmohan Singh's government
05:39presented it for the first time
05:41because your tax collection
05:43can be a burden.
05:45But in the last 10 years,
05:47the entire burden of tax collection
05:49is on the low-income families.
05:51We want this to be rationalized.
05:53This should be presented to the people.
05:55And tax terrorism,
05:57in the country,
05:59on the citizens,
06:01who live
06:03on the edge of danger,
06:05that is the government's
06:07pressure tactics.
06:09And the electoral bonds
06:11that the Supreme Court
06:13has declared illegal,
06:15thousands of crores of rupees
06:17are deposited in the BJP's account.
06:19And just before the elections,
06:21the government seizes
06:23the Congress's bank accounts.
06:25So this economic pressure,
06:27this political pressure
06:29is on us.
06:31But the Congress Party is against
06:33the common people's suffering.
06:35And if the government
06:37comes up with a proposal
06:39for the benefit of the common people,
06:41we are ready to resolve it.
06:43It's not that we are against it
06:45because the government is trying
06:47to solve the problem.
06:49Every person is worried about the
06:51cost of living.
06:53The families are worried.
06:55In the rural areas,
06:57in the urban areas,
06:59and where we are sitting today,
07:01this is the economic capital of the country.
07:03So here too, we have come
07:05to warn the Indian government
07:07that the entire country is demanding
07:09that it should be rationalized.
07:11The weak, medium-income families,
07:13to improve the economy,
07:15the corporates are given
07:17tax breaks,
07:19government loans,
07:21and privatization is also done
07:23by the government in a transparent manner.
07:25The Congress Party is
07:27on the side of industry,
07:29on the side of investment,
07:31on the side of investments.
07:33But the government,
07:35the wealth of the country,
07:37its treatment, its disposal,
07:39you want to give it to the poor
07:41and you want to help them.
07:43I think this is a betrayal
07:45of the country.
07:47Therefore, the success of the government
07:49on economic issues that it has shown
07:51so far is only paper.
07:53And to say that we are earning
07:55so many trillion dollars in the country
07:57and our economy is getting better,
07:59it is such a big country,
08:01140 million people work hard,
08:03then the country is moving forward.
08:05But the government,
08:07their favoritism,
08:09should be avoided.
08:11And GST 2.0
08:13should be implemented
08:15where slabs are rationalized
08:17and the burden on the middle class is reduced.
08:19This is what we demand.