Thread by @Paul_Koshy

@nsitharaman and @narendramodi have heralded a blitzkrieg on the economically poor majority of India by raising GST on essential items, even as inflation and unemployment rises to all time high.
Even the middle class is suffering wage cuts, delayed salaries, allowance loss etc.

The GST council does constitute representation from all states, but the carnage we see here is directly attributable to the #ModiGovt

Here are the reasons :

*The vote of the Central Government shall have the weight of one-third of the total votes*

*The votes of the State Government shall have the weight of two-third of the total votes, cast in the meeting*

Imagine the total members in the Council are 99.

A single vote of the Central Government has a weightage of 33.

Only balance is with all the state Governments put together.

17 out of a total of 31 states are ruled by BJP/NDA Combine.

J&K is under President's rule

States like Telangana, Odisha always vote with the NDA policies because of their dependence on Central assistance.

2 states with AAP too votes in favor of BJP.

Congress has just 2 states. In Jharkhand and TN, it shares power.

Congress has just 2 states. In Jharkhand and TN, it shares power.

This 21 out of 31 states are under NDA control. Add to that 1/3rd weightage of votes with #ModiGovt

That's why these decisions of GST Council are attributable singularly to @narendramodi, @nsitharaman and #BJP