New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Congress leader Shama Mohamed on Thursday criticised the newly introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, stating that it was not a historic decision, asserting that the party leader Rahul Gandhi's suggestions on the tax structures were right.

"This is not a historic decision. Rahul Gandhi had always objected to the five tax slabs; he always said there should be only two tax slabs... Why was there 5% tax on daily use items? Why was cement taxed at 28%?... Like we all say, what Rahul Gandhi says is right, and the government takes time to accept his suggestions." Mohamed told ANI.

The 56th GST council meeting decided to rationalise GST rates to two slabs of 5 per cent and 18 per cent by merging the 12 per cent ...