Says Arun Yadav in open letter to PM
Bhopal: Former Union Minister and ex-President of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, Arun Yadav, has issued a scathing open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the government of exploiting farmers through what he calls the “Gabbar Singh Tax,” a term used by farmers for the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Yadav stated he was writing not as a political leader but as a “victimised farmer,” demanding that the government reveal how much revenue it has collected from farmers over the past eight years under the guise of GST.
False relief, real exploitation
Yadav criticized the government’s dual policy, where it offers a token annual support of Rs 4,000 to Rs 6,000 while simultaneously imposing high GST on essential farming equipment, tracto