Tax officials harassing industrialists: Jakhar
Wednesday, 09/07/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140709/punjab.htm#15
Abohar : Sunil Jakhar, CLP Leader, has slammed the state Sales Tax Department for “harassing” Gobindgarh-based industrialists.
He said the dictatorial attitude of the state’s taxation officials had forced dozens of rolling and furnace units in Gobindgarh to shut down in the past. He said the Congress legislators had decided to take the government to task in the coming Vidhan Sabha session.
Jakhar said the government had wasted crores of rupees on organising extravagant functions to attract investors but till date, no big industry had come up. He said the corporate sector was aware of the fate of existing industries in the state due to “anti-businessmen” policies of the SAD-BJP alliance. The government had “backtracked” on the promises made during the election campaign, he said.
The CLP Leader said there were complaints that taxation officials were adopting “unethical” tactics to recover dues from Gobindgarh-based industries, which were already on the verge of winding up operations. “The CLP demands that the process of rehabilitation of such sick units should be initiated to save industries in the state.
“We are not going to allow inspector raj and might launch a stir against the highhandedness of the bureaucracy,” he said.
