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INDIA bloc parties protest against GST on health, life insurance premiums in Parliament premises

Carrying placards reading 'Tax terrorism', the protesting MPs raised slogans demanding that the GST on life and health insurance premiums be rolled back

PTI New Delhi Published 06.08.24, 01:17 PM
LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, TMC's Sudip Bandhyopadhyay, DMK MP TR Baalu and other opposition MPs participate in a protest demanding removal of 18 percent GST from health/medical insurance, during ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024

LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, TMC's Sudip Bandhyopadhyay, DMK MP TR Baalu and other opposition MPs participate in a protest demanding removal of 18 percent GST from health/medical insurance, during ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament in New Delhi, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024 PTI

INDIA bloc parties staged a protest in Parliament premises on Tuesday to press for the rollback of 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on life and health insurance premiums.

MPs from various parties such as TMC, Congress, AAP and NCP (SC), among others, participated in the protest on the steps leading to the Makar Dwar of Parliament.

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Carrying placards reading "Tax terrorism", the protesting MPs raised slogans demanding that the GST on life and health insurance premiums be rolled back.

Trinamool Congress MPs have raised the issue in Parliament and party president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the matter.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari also wrote to Sitharaman and urged her to consider withdrawing the GST which, he said, amounted to taxing uncertainties of life and restricting the industry's growth.

Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Telegraph Online staff and has been published from a syndicated feed.

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