CPI(M) urges rollback of G.O. on property tax
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The CPI(M) metropolis committee has demanded withdrawal of a G.O. underneath which property tax would henceforth be assessed primarily based on the worth of the property.
The activists burnt a replica of the G.O. issued by the YSRCP authorities, at a protest reverse the GVMC Office right here on Wednesday. City Committee secretariat member R.K.S.V. Kumar stated that the State authorities’s ordinance would put undue burden on the frequent man.
Demanding withdrawal of the ordinance, Mr. Kumar sought that fifty% concession in property tax must be given to the individuals in view of the disaster because of the pandemic, as was being carried out in Telangana. The transfer to hike taxes, primarily based on property values, wouldn’t solely trigger undue burden on owners but additionally lead to annual hike in property tax, when property values are revised, inflicting burden on householders in addition to tenants. They alleged that the State authorities had hiked the tax on the orders of the Centre.
CPI(M) chief and former corporator Botta Eswaramma stated that many individuals in Visakhapatnam had misplaced their jobs or suffered loss in earnings because of the COVID-19 pandemic. She recalled that the Congress and Telugu Desam governments have been pressured to endure the wrath of the general public previously after they had hiked property tax, and warned of agitations if the hike was not rolled again.
CPI(M) City secretariat member B. Padma, leaders B. Jagan, P. Mani, M. Subba Rao, V. Krishna Rao, B. Suryamani and RP Raju participated within the protest.
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