Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 1: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) today urged the J&K UT administration to withdraw the directive issued regarding repayment of token tax and time limit for re-registration of non- J&K vehicles.
In a statement issue here today, party general secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura rued the apathy shown by administration towards the common population badly affected by economic slump due to double whammy of pandemic and August 5 lock down.
“It was the 9 percent token tax levied on new cars that forced people to look for non-local cars as an option given their economic conditions. Since those cars have already paid the said amount in their respective states what sense does it make to burden the common man again,” Hanjura said.
Emphasizing that administration has lost touch with the ground realities, Hanjura said that Government is leaving no stone un-turned to squeeze the last penny from the common man.
“On the one hand GST, demonetization and subsequent lock downs have sucked the money circulation out of market and on the other hand, rather than providing relief measures, government has resorted to policies which has led to levying new taxes, prices of essential commodities skyrocketing, destroying every sector employing thousands of people just to fill its empty coffers,” Hanjura added.
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