Chandigarh, April 21 -- Launching a scathing attack on the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party Government, Punjab Congress president and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday accused it of unleashing "tax terrorism" on the state's trading community. Citing alleged directions issued by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema to GST officials, Warring claimed that the state government is attempting to meet revenue targets through coercion and extortion under the guise of enforcement.
Warring, taking to social media platform X, claimed that Cheema has instructed 250 GST Enforcement Tax Officers (ETOs) in the state to conduct at least four raids each per month, with a minimum recovery of Rs eight lakh from each raid. "This amounts to n...