BJP mocks Rahul Gandhi’s claim of pressuring govt to withdraw tax on EPF, says pass GST and take credit for it too

After Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi took credit of rollback of proposal to tax EPF withdrawal saying that his pressure worked, the BJP mocked his claim.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley withdrew his proposal to bring EPF under the tax net. To this, the Nehru-Gandhi scion said, “"My pressure worked... I had warned the government against suppressing salaried class. I felt middle-class people were being hurt by the government, so I decided to put some pressure. Happy that they have got some relief.”

After his claims, the BJP minister came in attack mode. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said Rahul Gandhi was hurting the poor by blocking important legislations in Parliament.

Jaitley also hit out at the Congress, saying the party did nothing for social security for people when it was in power.

Also, the BJP said the Congress and Rahul Gandhi can take credit for all decisions. “He can take credit for the passage of GST and other bills if he lets Parliament function and helps the government in the passage of the bills. These are not the bills of BJP but of the country,” the BJP said.

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