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Making his maiden speech in Rajya Sabha, BJP chief Amit Shah, on Monday, tore into the Congress over its criticism of Goods and Services Tax (GST), “failure” to tackle unemployment and other issues, as he listed his government’s achievements on various fronts.<\/p>\n

Initiating the debate on the Motion of Thanks for the President’s address, Shah took on senior Congress leader P Chidambaram for his ‘pakoda’ jibe and said it was “better to sell pakodas than to beg”.<\/p>\n

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Shah said “I accept there is unemployment in the country. It is a problem. But Congress has been ruling the country for so many years. We have been in power for eight years including Vajpayee rule.”<\/p>\n

He also lashed out at the Congress for its opposition to the GST and for dubbing it as ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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