Civil society picks holes in Govt claims over GST implementation in JK, threatens ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’

Civil society members, traders and opposition parties Thursday threatened to launch civil disobedience movement if the government implements Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Jammu and Kashmir. Terming the tax bill a “big assault” on the fiscal autonomy of the state, Chairperson of Kashmir Centre for Social and Development Studies (KCSDS), Prof. Hameeda Nayeem said, “The political collaborators take people for granted for keeping themselves in the seat of power.” “It will have bad impact on the traders. It is a big assault on the fiscal autonomy. We need to…

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