Service Tax Ad – Casteist?
Papa aap toh kahte hain ki honesty is the best policy, phir Gupta uncle ke saath mil kar service tax ki chori kyun’. – so runs an advertisement on Service Tax. Gupta uncle is not amused. The Vysya Community has protested that ‘‘It is shameful to single out the Vaishya community members like this and paint them as tax evaders’’. The community is aghast that ‘‘the government has not even spared the young vulnerable minds of children. Right from the tender age, their minds are being poisoned with hatred and bias’’. They want the Government to withdraw the offending advertisement and ensure that no single community is singled out like this” May be in future the department should add a note that the advertisement does not refer to any real person or community or they should think of a name that cannot be linked to any community, especially the trading ones.