Cong to seek waiver of road tax

JALANDHAR: As lakhs of devotees from Punjab would flock to Hazoor Sahib, Nanded, for Guruta Gadi Divas celebrations , Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee has decided to urge the Prime Minister that road tax of vehicles carrying devotees to Nanded be waived.

Stating this here on Friday, PPCC president Mohinder Singh Kaypee and former Adampur MLA Kanwaljit Singh Lalli said as buses and trucks carrying devotees would have to pass through nearly half-a-dozen states and the cumulative road tax would be very high per vehicle, it would burden the devotees.

Kaypee said he would meet the PM in the next few days and would raise the issue. '' We will urge Manmohan Singh to ensure that a decision was taken urgently in this regard,'' he said.

Lalli argued that as the state had exempted VAT on the commodities being supplied for langar in Golden Temple, Amritsar, on similar lines the Union government could take the decision for the next three months.

'' A mechanism can be worked out to ensure genuineness of such vehicles,'' Lalli said adding that public transport vehicles would be used by many not-so-well-off devotees and the government could facilitate their pilgrimage through this gesture.

Source : Times Of India