(Chd ,Pb )Capt Says -Harsimrat ‘s Allegations On GST Have No “iota of truth”.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday dubbed Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal a “compulsive liar”
The chief minister trashed the allegations levelled by the Shiromani Akali Dal leader and said these were “yet another bunch of lies reflecting the her perverse mentality, which seemed to take pleasure from befooling and misleading the people”.
“Bereft of any meaningful political issue to fight the upcoming assembly bypolls (to four seats) in the state, Harsimrat and the rest of the Akali leadership are once again resorting to outright fabrications in a desperate bid to deceive people,” said the chief minister.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, a SAD MP from Bathinda, had on Saturday accused the Congress government of not refunding its share of GST charged on purchases made by the SGPC for langar (community kitchen).
The Centre had released Rs 57 lakh as a refund on the goods and services tax (GST) charged on raw materials used to prepare food at ‘langars’ in gurdwaras, including the Golden Temple, she had claimed.
The chief minister said the Union minister’s allegations did not have an “iota of truth”.
“The fact is that the state government has not only notified 100 per cent GST refund for Punjab’s share in respect of Shri Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple), Sri Durgiana Mandir and Sri Valmik Sthal, Ram Tirath, but had allocated Rs 4 crore to the deputy commissioner, Amritsar, in May this year for the same,”
Amarinder Singh reiterated his government’s commitment to refunding the state’s share of the GST not just for the current year but with effect from August 1, 2017, for all the three holy shrines.