Lawyers under GST: Congress rally on November 22

New Delhi: The lawyer’s wing of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee will hold a protest against the Centre for putting them under the ambit of GST by bringing them in the commercial category.

Sarfaraz Ahmed, who practices at district and Delhi high court said that the legal profession is considered a noble profession, but they have now been put under the commercial category.

“Doctors are exempted in Goods and Services Tax (GST) saying their profession is noble. Is our profession not noble? We should not be put under commercial category. The Delhi government is also charging commercial rates from the lawyers’ offices. We will oppose their policies,” Mr Ahmed said. He said they would hold a protest rally on Nov. 22 at Raj Ghat.

K.C. Mittal, former chairperson, AICC legal wing, said when city Congress chief Ajay Maken used to be the Union urban development minister, he included lawyers in the definition of professionals in the 2021 Master Plan so that they would not be charged commercial rates on power consumption etc in their offices.

Apart from this the Delhi Congress’s professional wing is also mulling to launch a campaign against the state government and the Centre for failing to reduce pollution level in the city.  

Congress leader Chattar Singh said the Kejriwal government has not taken any step to improve the city’s air quality in the face of alarming pollution levels.