Prakash Raj Supports Playwright Prasanna’s Indefinite Hunger Strike Against GST on Handmade Products
Team Udayavani, Oct 19, 2017, 1:02 PM IST
Bengaluru: Film actor Prakash Raj on Wednesday joined the protest being staged by theatre personality Prasanna against the imposition of Goods and Service Tax (GST) on handmade products. Prasanna is on indefinite hunger strike for the last five days demanding total waiver of GST on handmade products, saying it would cause the collapse of the rural economy.
Raj, who spoke to a private news channel from the stage said “it is unfair to impose GST on the products prepared by a tribe, which lives in forest. He pays GST equal to a multinational company. You are not only economically burdening them but also disturbing the social fabric”, he said.
“You are breaking them morally and rendering them jobless. This is by a government which said ‘Make in India’ and promised creating jobs. When you see people are suffering because of GST, then it is time to change,” said Raj expressing solidarity with Prasanna’s demand.
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