The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for a \u2018symbolic strike\u2019 here on Saturday to protest against the Union Territory administration\u2019s decision to impose property tax.<\/p>\n
Announcing the action, Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief Arun Gupta also threatened to intensify the agitation if the notification to impose the property tax is not withdrawn.<\/p>\n
The Union Territory administration recently notified the imposition of property tax in municipal areas from April 1. The tax rates will be five per cent of taxable annual value for residential properties and six per cent for commercial properties.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision to impose property tax is the prerogative of a popular government or municipal corporations, committees and urban local bodies\u2026 We are opposing the property tax because the stakeholders were not taken into confidence,\u201d Gupta, flanked by Yuva Rajput Sabha chief Rajan Singh Happy and leaders of several other trade bodies, said.<\/p>\n
He said the traders body was forced to call for the symbolic strike as \u201cthe administration is not listening to anyone and are instead coming out with statements to hoodwink the public. The business community is already paying taxes to the government through GST\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the government does not wake up, we will intensify our protest,\u201d Gupta warned.<\/p>\n
The strike call has also received backing from the Congress\u2019 Jammu and Kashmir unit, which alleged that the policies of the BJP-led government \u2014 including the anti-encroachment drive \u2014 are \u201canti-people\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Congress fully supports the Jammu \u2018bandh\u2019 call against property tax, unemployment and other anti-people decisions of the government,\u201d Vikar Rasool Wani, the Congress\u2019 Jammu and Kashmir unit chief, told reporters on the sidelines of an event at the party\u2019s headquarters here.<\/p>\n
Wani was taking part in a programme organised to welcome over a dozen political and Panchayati Raj Institution members, mostly belonging to the Democratic Azad Party, into the Congress fold.<\/p>\n
Prominent among those who joined the Congress are Riaz Ahmad Sheikh, a senior Democratic Azad Party leader from Doda, District Development Council members Gulshan Ara and Sheikh Muzaffar, and several panches and sarpanches.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Congress believes in strengthening the people and will stand with them to oppose any decision that is against their interests,\u201d Wani said, claiming that the public is suffering because of the BJP\u2019s \u201canti-people\u201d policies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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