In Dec 2014, Results of J&K assembly polls declared, verdict hung. PDP gets 28 seats, BJP 25, NC 15 and Congress 12 in the 87-member assembly.
After long deliberation for 3 months BJP decided to enter alliance with PDP to form coalition Govt there.
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed sworn in as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on March 2015.
All hell broke loose among the BJP supporters. They felt betrayed. Some said that BJP has traded its ideology to grab power. Some supporters even started equating BJP & Congress.
But BJP leadership was very clear from Day 1.
Forming the Govt with PDP on the pretext of obeying the mandate of people of J&K to investigate and understand in minute details all the inner secrets of governance of J&K Govt since 1954 like bureaucracy and deep state.
In 2015, Modi has brought Land Acquisition Bill to acquire land parcels adjoining highways at market rates.
The intention was to set up Industries and Infrastructure to create Rural jobs.
Congress instigated the farmers that Modi Govt is out to forcefully acquire their land.
All opposition party ganged up on this issue. Even some of its allies distanced themselves with this ordinance.
Modi Govt was branded Suit-Boot ki sarkaar, which is helping his industrial friends to set up their factories.
ironically even Industrial houses opposed the move.
Rajya-Sabha numbers were stacked against him.
Modi has to withdraw the bill amidst opposition. Even his supporters questioned his 56 inch image and tweeted jokes /memes. NOTA gang also got activated and started instigating his supporters.
His supporters were also abused & hounded
2⃣Agri Infra tax - ₹ 4/litre
₹ 30000 cr - APMC, Storage infra & Food Processing park
3⃣Excise - ₹ 12.40/ litre
41% goes to States
Central Taxes on Petrol-Diesel is fixed at Rs 32-34/ litre.
Out of which a portion is given to the state directly & rest is spent on the road construction in the States.
State Taxes like VAT on Petrol is on percentage.
Higher Crude rates translates into higher taxes for State.
The Fuel revenue usually forms 20% of the State revenue. This is the reason every state irrespective of party line opposes fuel inclusion in GST.
Even if Fuel is included in 28% GST bracket it means a Annual revenue loss of ₹ 4.27 lakh crore to States.
During UPA time Praful Patel gifted all Air India's profitable routes to Emirates. And to make things worse then PM Manmohan Singh forced them to buy 68 planes instead of 28 taking huge debt, without any revenue plan.
Today Air India has Rs 77000+ crore accumulated losses
Modi govt spent Rs 30000 crores in last 7 years on Air India just to service the huge debt left by UPA.
If Air India gets privatised the loses will also get privatised and the money can be used for welfare activities like healthcare and education.
2013 Article : How Air India was destroyed by UPA govt ?
There was hardly a need to file an RTI about this. Govt has been very transparent about the oil bonds repayment. While he is only looking at principal payments, he has forgotten the interest: about Rs 70,000 crore was paid as interest between 2014-21. theweek.in/news/biz-tech/…
The Rs 1.3 lakh crore of oil bonds the Modi Govt inherited has to be paid back on an annual schedule till 2025-26. Over and above this, the govt has to also pay Rs 37,340 crore as interest over this period. Taken together, the govt has to repay nearly Rs 2.4 lakh crore.
To say taxes are more than enough to pay for oil bonds means he does not understand govt finances at all. Oil bond payments place a burden on govt finances when it has to increase spending on essentials like free food & free vaccines worth Rs 3 lakh cr financialexpress.com/economy/free-g…