New Delhi [India], August 8 : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi on Friday voiced concerns over the recently introduced GST amendment bill in the Delhi Legislative Assembly, alleging it would adversely impact small traders while favouring large businesses.
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In a post on X, Atishi stated that she met with several traders and businesspeople from Delhi on Friday morning, who expressed apprehension about the amendments causing significant difficulties for small-scale traders.
"The GST amendment bill was introduced in the Delhi Legislative Assembly yesterday. This morning, several traders and businesspeople from Delhi came to meet me. They were saying that these amendments will cause a lot of trouble for small traders, while benefiting the big friends of the BJP. Today, I will raise these issues in the Legislative Assembly...," she posted on X.
On Wednesday, Atishi launched a scathing attack on the Delhi government on the school fee regulation bill.
She termed the school fee regulation bill as "anti-parent and pro-management." The opposition party in the assembly has proposed four key amendments to safeguard parents' rights.
Atishi shared that AAP has submitted proposals mandating school audits, elected parent representation, easier complaint thresholds, and the right to challenge committee decisions in court.
The Assembly LoP said BJP MLAs must now prove through their votes whether they stand with Delhi's parents or with private school profiteers, according to an official statement.
Addressing a press conference alongside AAP Sanjeev Jha and MLA Kuldeep Kumar, Atishi stated, "The BJP-led Delhi government has brought a bill to regulate private school fees -- a bill that has been in discussion since April. That month, there was chaos across Delhi. Private schools were arbitrarily hiking fees, throwing children out of classrooms, locking them up in libraries."
Highlighting the parents protesting against the hike in sweltering heat, the Delhi LoP stated, "Parents were standing outside schools in 40-degree heat, protesting. At the time, the BJP government said they would bring a bill. The bill was cleared by the Cabinet in April. But April passed, then May, June, July -- and only in August has this bill been tabled in the Assembly. Why this four-month delay?"
She further slammed the BJP-led government for not consulting with the stakeholders properly, alleging that for four months, the bill was kept hidden.