30.7.13

CM postpones LBT implementation in Mumbai


CM Prithviraj Chavan deferred local body tax (LBT) imposition in Mumbai in view of election season, feel traders.
“It may be a while before LBT is implemented in Mumbai,” said a trader, whose association had joined the LBT bandh a few months ago. Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) president Mohan Gurnani said protests would go on till LBT was “abolished”. FAM vice-president Arun Doshi slammed the “divide-and-rule” policy.Viren Shah, president of Federation of Retail Traders’ Welfare Association, agreed LBT should be withheld until traders are “taken into confidence”.

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