He said Gandhi was propagating a “grand stupid thought” in the name of GST, telling people that they will slash all tax rates and make it 18%. This means 18% tax on salt and 18% tax on luxury cars costing Rs 5 crore, he noted. The prime minister went on to say that making cigarettes cheaper means bringing cancer in every home and asked which rich businessmen the opposition leader sought to benefit by making liquor cheaper. Recalling the Macchu dam flood tragedy of 1979 in Morbi, the prime minister said he had spent one month working in the town after the disaster as an RSS and Jan Sangh worker. Modi had on Monday pushed the BJP’s campaign in his home state into a high gear by addressing four back-to-back rallies.

Source: Hindustan Times November 29, 2017 07:30 UTC