EPF rollback, a victory for common people: Mamata Banerjee

The West Bengal CM tweeted that she was happy that the EPF issue was first raised by them

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said that EPF rollback was a "victory for the common people".

"EPFRollBack A victory for the common people. Happy that we were the first to raise this issue. Good," she tweeted.

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Her statement came soon after union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley withdrew his Budget proposal to tax employees' provident fund (EPF) at withdrawal.