Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking “sole ownership” of the amendments made to the goods and services tax (GST) regime, the Congress on Sunday (September 21, 2025) said the current reforms were inadequate and did not provide any resolution to the States’ demand for an extension of compensation for another five years.

PM Modi address on GST reforms: Follow highlights on September 21, 2025

In response to Mr. Modi’s address to the nation, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge used a Hindi idiom to take a dig at the Prime Minister. Taking to X, Mr. Kharge claimed that the public would never forget that the government “collected the highest GST on their dal-chawal -grain, pencils, books, treatment, farmers’ tractors”.

“.@narendramodi ji, Instead of the Congress’s simple and

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