Gadhiya’s factory is one among the 1,500 small units employing 20,000-odd workers having an annual turnover of Rs 2,000 crore. “Post demonetisation and now GST, we have suffered, and the trust factor with BJP is low,” he said. Mehsana’s road engineering and agro implements cluster, also dominated by Patels, is divided over support to the ruling party. “We are reeling under a tax regime that we cannot understand,” lamented Bharat Patel, a farmer-turned-fabrication unit proprietor. He also pointed out that there was not enough clarity about this slashing of the tax rate so far.

Source: Hindustan Times December 02, 2017 01:52 UTC