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Resolution introduced by Drabu ‘ambiguous’: Tarigami

“The powers of the States have been taken away by the GoI in the name of ‘One Nation One Tax’ slogan”

Srinagar: In regard to the GST bill passed in Jammu and Kashmir, the Communist Party Of India -Marxist (CPI (M)) leader and MLA Kulgam, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami on Wednesday said that the resolution introduced by Finance Minister, Haseeb A Drabu on Tuesday is ‘ambiguous and lacks clarity’.

“The GST regime strikes at the basic structure of the constitution, which is federalism and the powers of the States have been taken away by the GoI in the name of ‘One Nation One Tax’ slogan,” he said.

“It’s very mode of enactment is unconstitutional. It is not within the jurisdiction of the parliament to make enactments relating to items included in the state list of the Seventh Schedule,” he added.

Tarigami also said that the J&K enjoys a unique special constitutional relationship with the Union and the legislative powers of the State are different from other States.

“So far as State of Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, it has got powers to legislate by virtue of Section 5 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir. By application of Constitutional Amendment, State has to surrender its powers to legislate on the ‘services’, which at present are being taxed through State’s own legislation,” he said.

He further said that the best course available to the State Government is to enact its own legislation as per its requirements by exercising powers conferred upon it under section 5 of the State Constitution.

During his intervention, the CPI (M) leader said that “alienation is massive among our people and stressed that it is the foremost duty for all of us to seek solutions which can help in reducing this alienation. No attempt “overt or covert” should be made to add to this deep alienation.”

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