Cong attacks Govt over 'tax terror' after FM's talk with a bizman goes viral

The Congress on Friday launched a multi-pronged attack on the government over a video of a restaurant chain owner purportedly “apologising” to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for voicing concerns about GST, with Rahul Gandhi saying “fragile egos” only deliver humiliation.

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The opposition party also demanded an apology from the finance minister over the issue.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at Sitharaman, saying the “disgraceful humiliation” of the owner of Sree Annapoorna restaurant chain smacks of “arrogance of power” and the minister “has been a repeat offender in such public interactions”.

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said that on behalf of the party’s state unit, he sincerely apologises for the actions of “our functionaries who shared a private conversation between a respected business owner and the finance minister”.