“Instead of taxing our petrol, govt can make more revenue by imposing GST on purchase of MLAs”
Shashi Tharoor takes swipe at BJP’s “desperation for revenue”; gets mixed response on twitter
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP, Shashi Tharoor, in a recent tweet took a swipe at BJP Government and its desperation for revenue. The former international diplomat suggested the government can make much more money if they impose GST on the purchase of MLAs instead of taxing petrol and diesel.
The swipe at the Centre comes on the back of a recent series of hikes in the prices of petrol and diesel which saw diesel prices surpassing that of petrol for the first time in the country’s history.
“Instead of taxing our petrol & diesel at 32 rupees a litre, couldn’t they make much more money imposing GST on the rising purchase price of MLAs?” Tharoor wrote in the tweet.
He also called on the government for being “Desperate for revenue” and taxing Rs. 32 a litre on petrol.
Users on the micro-blogging site gave a mixed response to the tweet and shared their views and opinions on the matter. Some blamed the poor administration of the government and blamed it for hiking the prices of the fuel, while others brought forward other works of the government.
Here's the tweet:
If the government is so desperate for revenue, instead of taxing our petrol & diesel at 32 rupees a litre, couldn’t they make much more money imposing GST on the rising purchase price of MLAs?
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 22, 2020
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Flight services between Kolkata, Dubai resume partially
Kolkata (PTI): Flight services between Kolkata and Dubai resumed partially on Thursday, after a four-day suspension due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, officials said.
A flydubai aircraft from Dubai landed at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here at 2:40 am with 130 passengers on board, marking the first arrival from the Middle East after services were halted for over 113 hours, they said.
The Boeing 737 Max aircraft was scheduled to arrive at 12:25 am, Kolkata airport officials said.
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The same aircraft departed for Dubai at 3:59 am with 55 passengers, they said.
The last flight to depart for the Middle East from Kolkata before the suspension was an Emirates aircraft to Dubai on February 28, the officials said.
International services between Kolkata and cities such as Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi were disrupted, after airlines temporarily suspended operations amid escalating tensions and airspace restrictions in parts of the Middle East, due to the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.
There is no clear indication about when all the Middle East routes will fully reopen, they said.
