A day after delivering his first budget, Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot stated on Thursday said that increasing Delhi’s revenue is of the utmost importance due to the reduction of central funding. He also bemoaned the AAP government’s frequent judicial appearances as a result of frequent interventions by the Centre and the LG.
Gahlot asserted that obstacles are put in the way of everything the AAP administration attempts to do, calling it “unfortunate that everything has to first go to the Centre and the LG for approval which delays the decision-making process.”
Gahlot claimed that despite paying 1.75 lakh crore in income tax, Delhi was only receiving Rs 325 crore as its share of the federal taxes pool when presenting the budget to the Assembly.
Additionally, he declared that Delhi would not receive even the Rs 325 crore beginning with the fiscal year 2023–24, calling it “economic discrimination” and “gross injustice.”
“It is our right. We have a share in Delhi’s taxes. We are considering going to court,” he told Media in an interview. Asked when they would be approaching the court, Gahlot said, “We have to go to courts for everything.” During his budget speech, Gahlot had said he was missing former finance minister Manish Sisodia, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Delhi excise policy
scam case.
