Mulayam Demands Withdrawal Of Excise Duty On Unbranded Jewellery

Coming out in support of the striking bullion and jewellery traders, Samajwadi Party today asked the government to resolve the issue by holding talks with them and withdrawing the excise duty on unbranded jewellery and doubling of import duty on gold.

“Their agitation is justified. .... The move will lead to ‘inspector raj’. It is my earnest appeal to the government to find a way out by sitting with them and discussing the issue,” SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav said in the Lok Sabha while participating in the discussion on 2012-13 Union budget.

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