12,000-km road project Launched in singur| Bengal deprived of GST share, backing Bill was mistake: CM

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the Trinamool Congress’ decision to support the passage of the Goods and Service Tax Bill was a mistake on part of her since the Central government was depriving West Bengal of its share of the tax collected from the state.

Speaking at a programme in Singur during the launch of the Pathasree-Rastasree project for construction of 12,000-kilometre-long rural roads, she said, “It was our mistake to support the passage of the GST (Bill). I thought that states would benefit from it. But the Centre is collecting all the taxes and not giving us our share of it,” Banerjee said.