15 unemployment is high the rupee is depreciating the current account deficit is widening and inflation is expected to rise worldwide he saidbjps counterattacknow it was the turn of rameshs counterpart in the bjp amit malviya to counter the congresss attackthe incharge of the partys information and technology department said in response to finance minister nirmala sitharamans detailed reasoned and informative explanation about the decisions taken by the gst council in its 47th meeting as expected the congress has come out with a series of falsehoods and deliberate obfuscationshe said congress says that the state fms did not have a chance to state their objections are they saying they could not present their views to the fitment committee group of ministers or gst council does this not speak about their incompetence more than anything else let it be made clear that the fitment committee had officials from several opposition states the gom had ministers from many opposition states and the gst council has representatives from all states was there no point at which the congress could write a dissent notemalviya bjps coincharge of west bengal lambasted the congress and alleged that it had stooped to the level of spreading dangerous falsehoods about cremations there is no gst charged on the services provided by a crematorium the gst is applicable only on job works including construction of crematoria and is in line with standard rate he saidmalviya alleged that the congress also felt that it would be the one to be informed if industry had a problem rather than them writing to the fm thankfully our industry leaders know better and write directly to the fm regarding their issues in response the government addresses their issues finally the congress cannot hide behind its obfuscations however hard it tries it cannot get away with saying one thing in the meetings and the opposite outside to the media and on social media this is harmful to policymaking and progressive development oriented politics he saidin addition the bjp functionary said the congress continued to levy a vat on foodgrains when it was in power but is now shedding crocodile tears when the gst council decided to tax the same items at the same rate thankfully there is ample proof of their duplicity so they cant fool the people he saidamid the charges and countercharges between the bjp and the congress the functioning of parliament continues to sufferit was evident from rameshs two tweets posted on wednesday he said this morning in the rajya sabha the opposition led by the congress demanded an urgent debate on price rise and senseless gst rates on food items this was denied the house was adjourned till 2 pm modi sarkars obstinacy continues business in parliament is sufferingafter the upper house was adjourned for the day he said this afternoon too the modi sarkar refused an urgent debate on price rise and shocking increase in gst rates on essential food items the rajya sabha got adjourned for the day