Jaipur, Sept. 4 -- Terming GST reforms "historic", Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Thursday said the move to rationalise slabs covering maximum items will help reduce the tax burden on the common consumers.

In a post on X, Rajasthan CM also hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership over the sweeping reforms that have been announced.

"In line with the announcement of next-generation reforms in GST in the Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji's Independence Day speech, the decision to abolish the 12% and 28% GST slabs in the GST Council meeting held under his guidance is historic," CM wrote on X.

He asserted that the decision will not only make the tax system more straightforward but also transparent.

"This unpreceden...