New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- In a strong rebuke to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh for calling GST a "Growth-Suppressing Tax." Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said the "citizen-centric reform" will strengthen businesses but for the Congress, a rising Bharat will "always be an impediment to its narrow agenda of dynastic politics and failed economics."

In a post shared on X, the Union Minister said, "Before GST, India's indirect tax system was a chaotic web, with every state having its own rates, levies, and procedures. Businesses struggled with cascading taxes, endless paperwork, and high compliance costs. In short, doing business in India had become expensive and exhausting."

Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Goyal said,...