Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 27: State Bhartiya Janata Party has called upon the State Govt to take immediate steps to implement new GST regime as per advice of Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley.
Sunil Sethi, Chief Spokesperson of State unit said that the State has got never before opportunity to stand with nation in major developmental project.
He said the letter written by Jaitley is major ice breaking step and Govt should have not have any problem of ego to avoid taking state to new fiscal growth regime. The advice coming from Finance Minister who is top constitutional expert of country too, has elucidated the legal, constitutional and economical position on the whole issue, leaving no room for doubt .
Sethi called upon State Govt to call State Cabinet to discuss the issue as per mandate of Article 370 and consider giving concurrence for adoption of 101 Constitutional Amendment to the Constitution of India by issuance of Presidential order under Article 370.
He said that implementation of new GST regime through adoption of Constitutional Amendment would rather strengthen fiscal autonomy of State as there are enough safeguards in place in constitutional amendments itself.
Chief Spokesperson further said that those who oppose Constitutional Amendment and it’s applicability to J&K are driven by pure political motives and are interested in mere politicizing issue with no regard to fiscal health of State and no concern about problems of people whose life will suffer in case of non implementation of new regime because of escalation of prices in state and impossibility of traders from state to send things out of State.
He said while making state Act the legislatures should consider genuine problems of industry by abolishing all local taxes like octrai etc and bundling them together in State GST.
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