New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Opposing the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, on Thursday, accused the Central Government of burdening citizens through repeated financial impositions, claiming that the Modi-led administration has consistently found "excuses" over the past 11 years to extract money from the public and expand the government treasury.

Speaking during a discussion in the Rajya Sabha, Tiwari alleged that the Centre was presenting its decisions as acts of goodwill. At the same time, in his view, the impact on the public remained adverse.

"From the past 11 years, when the Modi government came to power, PM Modi has kept finding some excuse or another to take money out of the public's pocket and fill it...