Rahul meets new 'GST'

Rahul Gandhi asked him how much did media company suffer because of GST, as it had allegedly wiped off 50% of incomes of most small businesses

There was much mirth at Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi’s press conference in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, the last day of campaigning for the Gujarat Assembly polls, when a reporter identified himself as representing “GST”. Rahul Gandhi, who had already spoken at length about the ill-effects of the goods and services tax (GST) — or the “Gabbar Singh Tax” as he prefers to call it — on Gujarat’s small traders, business people and manufacturers, expressed surprise that a reporter would be representing “GST”. The reporter clarified that he represented “Gujarat Samachar Television”, or GSTV. In jest, Gandhi asked him how much did