The Mehbooba led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is though in a self-destructive mode after endorsing the extension of article 101 of the Indian constitution for implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the state but yet the party leaders again and again irritate and anger the gullible Kashmiris by boasting of the presidential orders which has dispelled the impression that taxation powers of the state have been taken away by the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the state. The resistance and anger shown by the top trading bodies and civil society groups of Kashmir against the objectionable implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) shows the disrespect of the PDP top brass for the public sentiment over the special status of the state in Kashmir. Had anyone ever imagined that PDP would surrender the financial ? Surely not. Knowing that her party PDP which had emerged as a strong alternative to main opposition mainstream political party National Conference has almost become a marginal outfit in Jammu & Kashmir, Chief Minister does not bother to take gladly any dictation from the RSS back Modi Government over the special status granted to the state by article 370 of the Indian constitution. The level of PDP’s popularity could be gauged from the fact that the party does not bother to question even the highly objectionable remarks of the top ministers of the Modi government.
The adoption of resolution on extension of article 101 of the Indian constitution to Jammu & Kashmir was in fact an event of mourning for those who are concerned with the financial autonomy of the state but PDP virtue of its stand on implementation of GST has proved that the party is simply an extension of the BJP in Jammu & Kashmir .
While the Union Finance Minister and top BJP leader Arun Jaitley also holding the defence portfolio has said that implementation of GST is tantamount to economic integration of Jammu & Kashmir with the Union of India and fulfillment of the dream of Jan Sangh founder late Shayma Prasad Mukherjee whose slogan was “ Ek Vidan, Ek Nishan, Ek Samvidhan ( One assembly, one flag, one constitution)”, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and other leaders of PDP are boasting of the presidential order which only endorses the assembly resolution on the extension of article 101 of the Indian constitution to Jammu & Kashmir state. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti , Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu and other PDP leaders including former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig can’t deny the fact that Jammu & Kashmir known for having the distinction of taking decisions on taxation structure of the state independently without the consent of the central government’s finance ministry till yesterday has to now seek the concurrence of the GST council on any decision concerning tax structure of the state. The resolution of the assembly on extension of article 101 to Jammu & Kashmir was by all standards of understandability a bigger blow than even the passing of land grants bill by the erstwhile Sheikh Abdullah government to the special status of the state ? The adoption of resolution on extension of article 101 of the Indian constitution to Jammu & Kashmir was in fact an event of mourning for those who are concerned with the financial autonomy of the state but PDP virtue of its stand on implementation of GST has proved that the party is simply an extension of the BJP in Jammu & Kashmir .
