India, May 31 -- A LinkedIn post by a prominent tax educator alleging corruption in the GST registration process prompted a response from Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

It all began when Vinod Gupta, founder of VG Learning Destination and a well-known figure in India's finance education sector, wrote a detailed post on LinkedIn claiming that even after 20 days, he and his wife have been waiting for a GST registration number for a firm they wish to run together.

He also claimed that he was certain that the GST number would be allotted soon if he were prepared to pay a bribe.

The post soon went viral and also caught the attention of tax compliance professionals and whistleblowers, including Abhishek Raja Ram, who accused GST ...