In the beginning, it was believed that the Goods & Services Tax (GST) imposed by Narendra Modi government will be a landmark decision in the field of economics. From the day-one itself, it has been in news, though the inception was fair, it went from average to worse with time.
People are literally banging their heads against the wall just trying to understand the policy. Even the opposition parties fired on BJP for implementing GST and passed comments on the move. One such party was Congress.
The party leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the youth of Gujarat wanted jobs, education and health infrastructure that the Gujarat government had failed to provide. He stepped up his attack on the government over GST by taking the ‘Gabbar Singh’ analogy further.
He referenced the Bollywood villain’s dialogue to say it was a tax that coveted people’s earnings. Rahul Gandhi described goods and services tax as “Gabbar Singh Tax” at a rally in Gandhinagar, recalled a much-quoted dialogue from Sholay to sharpen his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“The government is trying to suppress the voice of Gujarat, and when they failed they tried to buy the voice of Gujarat,” he said. On Goods and Services Tax (GST), which has led to massive protests by the trader community in Gujarat, Rahul called the BJP’s definition of GST a “Gabbar Singh tax”.
“Congress GST = Genuine Simple Tax. Modi Ji’s GST = Gabbar Singh Tax = yeh kamaai Mujhe de de (give me the income),” office of RG tweeted.
Congress GST= Genuine Simple Tax
Modi ji’s GST= Gabbar Singh Tax =”ये कमाई मुझे दे दे”
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) October 24, 2017
In the rally, Rahul took charge and also bashed BJP over the bribe claimed by Patidar leader Narendra Patel, Rahul said that the youth of Gujarat was not on sale, no matter how much money the government wished to spend.
While Gandhi continued his attack against BJP and called the party “dramebaaz party number one,” it was his Gabbar Singh remark that caught the eyes and ears of Twitterati.
A parody Twitter account that goes by the handle @RealHistoryPic took to Twitter and asked the people to give their definition of GST.
What’s your full form of GST?
— History of India (@RealHistoryPic) October 23, 2017
The account received more than a thousand responses as Twitterati got really, really innovative.
Greatly Screwed-up Tax
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) October 23, 2017
Gau Suraksha Tax
— Gautam Ghosh (@GautamGhosh) October 23, 2017
Ghoom Saariduniya Tax
— Raz (@raz0212) October 23, 2017
Ghatia Service Tax – #GST
— Aarti (@aartic02) October 23, 2017
Gayi Salary Tax
— Kapil (@kapsology) October 23, 2017
Gayab Salary Tax. #GabbarSinghTax
— Geekology (@academic_dud) October 23, 2017
Go Sell Tea
— Uday Menon (@Uday47) October 23, 2017
Gabbar Sambha Together
— Akhilesh P. Singh (@AkhileshPSingh) October 23, 2017
Gayi Sarkar Tumhari
— Rachit Seth (@rachitseth) October 23, 2017
Gaanja Smoking tax
— V (@VforVendetta_In) October 23, 2017
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