Congress opposes entry tax on local commercial vehicles in Goa

PANAJI: Congress in Goa today condemned the state government's move of imposing entry tax on local commercial vehicles.

" Goa government has been taxing people outrightly. They have hiked the tax on everything. Now they are imposing entry tax on commercial vehicles entering the state, which will fuel the inflation," Goa Congress spokesman Sunil Kawathankar told reporters here.

The state government started collecting entry tax from local commercial vehicles from June 1.

The government's move sparked protests on the border forcing Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar to suspend the tax.

Kawathankar said such a tax would hike prices of essential commodities in the state as Goa has been depending on neighbouring states for them.

"Government is not acting in favour of common man. They are acting like a government for the rich," he said.