New Delhi, July 1 -- As India marked eight years of the Goods and Services Tax on Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Modi government and termed the GST rolled out by it as a "brutal tool of economic injustice and corporate cronyism."

The Congress leader alleged that the GST rolled out by the government was designed to "punish the poor, crush MSMEs, undermine states, and benefit a few billionaire friends of Prime Minister Narendra Modi."

"A 'Good and Simple Tax' was promised. Instead, India got a compliance nightmare and a five-slab tax regime that has been amended over 900 times. Even caramel popcorn and cream buns are caught in its web of confusion. The bureaucratic maze favours big corporates who can navigate its loopho...