Puducherry Congress says BJP-led Centre adopted 'autocratic steps' like GST, note ban to inflict pain on common man

Puducherry: The ruling Congress in Puducherry has charged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre with adopting “autocratic steps” like Goods and Services Tax (GST) to inflict pain and hardship on the common man. A resolution adopted at the executive committee meeting of the PCC in Puducherry on Saturday pointed out that the measures like demonetisation and introduction of GST were “anti-people and injurious to economy.” [caption id=“attachment_4119623” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] President of the PCC and PWD minister A Namassivayam presided over the meeting, a release containing the resolutions said on Sunday. “Demonetisation had resulted in hardships to traders, businessmen and this autocratic step - GST had been resorted to by the NDA government without keeping the welfare of the common man in mind,” it said. Workers and leaders of different wings of the Congress in Puducherry would take out a procession holding candles on 7 November to mark the party’s protest against demonetisation and GST, it said. The Congress and its alliance partners would observe 8 November (first anniversary of demonetisation) as ‘black day’ in Puducherry. A demonstration would be staged by workers and leaders of the Congress, the DMK and other alliance partners at the head post office on 8 November, the release added.