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Surjewala seeks withdrawal of stamp duty hike

Criticising the Khattar government, Surjewala said that the state government has lost the confidence of the people and now resorting to the policy of plundering the common people’s hard earned money by taking such arbitrary decisions one after another.

Surjewala seeks withdrawal of stamp duty hike

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Senior Congress leader and Congress’ core committee member, Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday demanded the immediate withdrawal of massive hike in 65 types of stamp duty services like Agreement Deed, Power of Attorney and Partnership Deed by Haryana government.

Criticising the Manohar Lal Khattar government, Surjewala said that the state government has lost the confidence of the people and now resorting to the policy of plundering the common people’s hard earned money by taking such arbitrary decisions one after another.

He stated that by effecting massive hike in the stamp duty rates for 65 types of deeds, the Khattar government has tried to break the backbone of the common people who are already reeling under the everyday increasing prices of essential commodities of common use for fallacious policies of the BJP governments at the state and the Centre.

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BJP government has already been grabbing the national and international headlines for its ineffectiveness and maladministration and now it has put a stamp of confirmation on it being an anti-people government by effecting such a hefty increase in the stamp duty of 65 services.

Surjewala said alleged Khattar government has imposed a massive 267 per cent increase in partnership deed stamp duty while increasing this stamp duty from Rs 3.75 to Rs 1,000 and 889 per cent increase in stamp duty for agreement deeds by increasing it from Rs 2.25 to Rs. 2,000.

Similarly, the stamp duty for power of attorney has been increased by 333 per cent by increasing this stamp duty from Rs 300 to Rs 1,000. For power of attorney, a person will now have to shell out Rs 100 instead of Rs 37.50.

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