Shimla, Sept. 24 -- The Principal Media Advisor to the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Naresh Chauhanon, on Wednesday welcomed the Centre's decision to reduce GST slabs but accused the Modi government of exploiting people for eight years under what he termed as a "Jaziya tax."

Addressing the media in Shimla and later speaking to ANI, Chauhan said they have already welcomed the GST reforms, but asked why it took the Centre so long to start this since 2017.

"We welcome the decision to cut GST slabs, but let the BJP government explain why, since 2017, it looted the people by imposing this very GST as a form of Jaziya tax. In eight years, they squeezed the public and collected Rs.55 lakh crore. What explanation does Prime Minister Modi hav...