Sorry man, didnt intend to be personal, typed the message and then realized it and edited it also before reading yours, but you had already responded to it.
Your honesty is much appreciated.
Did you meet any goondas of bjp trying to destroy property? Read it in papers, saw it on tv, or just assumed?
As a matter of fact on two seperate occasions, where 'bandhs' were called by the BJP, my personal business place has been attacked and major losses suffered by me. Today, it was only due to the past experiences with the BJP/RSS goondas, that I had shut my business, for I certainly do not support this or any other 'bandh'. Who is responsible for the business loss suffered? By the way, the BJP/RSS goondas even today came as a gang armed with lathis etc. to check up on my business place to ensure it was closed.
It will help the common man if the central govt does something about it. realizing that the entire country is against it.
I am sorry but it obvious that you understand little about economics. It is not the job of the governement to control petroleum prices and or subsidize them. In any case, those subsidies are paid for by our own tax money or by simply the devaluation of the moey you already have. Subsidies on petroleum products are counter productive and they only promote ineffeciencies and corruption. Why stop at only petroleum products, why not make the government subsidize everything else, specially 'roti, kapada aur makaan', ie. food, clothing and housing. I am sure you will agree that these three are far more important for survival than petroleum products.
Why should they? our states are more broke than the center. When our federal govt chooses to increase the cost without reducing the central taxes, states will also follow the same model.
If the states are broke, it is due their own bad fiscal policies or should I say populist policies, such as the one you now demand from the Central governement. Are you suggesting that since the state governements are broke, the Central government ought ot do the same? I suppose that would fit in with our general Indian ideology of 'since we can't make the poor rich, let's make the rich poor'. The irony of it all is, that in a state that you claim is already broke, the Karnataka state economy just lost an estimated 734 crores in losses due to the bandh today. :sad: The BJP governement surely needs to be commended for calling a bandh, don't you think?
Atleast you are lucky living in NCR where the petrol is almost the cheapest in the whole bloody country. Come to bangalore and pay 59/- for a litre and you will know how justified the strike is.
Have you even stopped to think why the price is lower in Delhi compared to Karnataka? That is because your state governement charges collects Rs 14.82, which is approx 34.25 per cent over the base price of a litre of petrol. The base price of a litre of petrol is Rs 43.26, but the current selling price in Bangalore is Rs 58.08. Karnataka has the highest tax rate of any state in India on petroleum products. It charges 34.25% in taxes which include taxes under various heads, such as entry tax, transportation, local taxes and licence fees in addition to one of the highest sales tax rates amongst all states in India. Instead of looking at the Centre to solve your problems, maybe you should look inwards and see who is actually responsible for the outrageous prices of fuel in Karnataka. I wonder if it is just a coincidence that the BJP ruled states, have the highest tax rates on petroleum products in India.
I can really see how justified this so called 'strike' really is.
The BJP state governement gets to eat their cake and keep it too. They benefit from the higher taxes collected due to the taxes being a percentage of the base price and blame the centre for the entire increase in prices.
The VAT and GST is also a percentage of the cost. All the taxes are a percentage of the actual cost. Next you are going to ask to pay fixed income tax. Nothing is absolute.
Why doesnt the stupid center withdraws all taxes on petrol/diesel, and then increase the rates.
You misunderstand. My reference to VAT and GST was in relation to the fact that if petroleum products would come under the purview of VAT or GST, all states would have the same tax rate and the maximum rate would be 12.5% Obviously states such as Karnataka do not want to lose their control over their cash cows. There is absolutely no justifiable reason that the state governement cannot impose an 'absolute' rate of taxes on petroleum products if they actually cared about the common man.
Well, these are the elected representatives of the common man and they are supposedly 'representing' the interest of the common man.:lol:
Does that really warrant a comment?
I dont agree that strikes are totally useless. They are more often than not misused though. In japan and some other countries, people wear black badges to work and they are supposed to be on strike. Imagine if that happened in India, the management/politicians will be laughing and no one will give a damn about such a strike. Hence, people go for a real strike.
First of all please understnad that a 'bandh' is not a 'strike'. Secondly even in a bandh, no party, elected or non-elected, in power or otherwise has the right to enforce a 'bandh'. A 'bandh' was supposed to be an instrument to gauge the level of protest and dissent amongst the people, but when it is done by threat or force, the relevance becomes nought and no purpose is served other than as a show of 'goonda' strength of the leftist parties and their new found allies the BJP/RSS.
We get the govt and politicians we deserve. Most of us 'educated people' dont even goto vote and then we crib about the rotten state of politicians.
That is entirely a different topic for a different time and debate.
Bottom line is, this 'bandh' was neither justified nor does it serve any other purpose but for goondas to make a show of strength. The country as a whole is a loser in many ways, but most importantly the fact that the country lost by estimates from different sources, approx. 3500 - 10000 crore rupees today. I am sure the common man will be that much richer tommorow and his problems accordingly reduced..
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