Rahul Gandhi again recalls Gabbar Singh to attack GST

New Delhi, October 24 : Stepping up his attack against the government over GST, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took the Gabbar Singh analogy further by referencing the Bollywood villain’s dialogue to say it was a tax that coveted people’s earnings.
Gandhi, who had on Monday described the goods and services tax as “Gabbar Singh Tax” during a rally in Gujarat, on Tuesday recalled a much-quoted dialogue from ‘Sholay’ to sharpen his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Congress GST=Genuine Simple Tax. Modi ji’s GST=Gabbar Singh Tax=yeh kamaai mujhe de de (give me the income),” Gandhi said on Twitter. Gabbar Singh was the name of the dacoit in the Ramesh Sippy-directed 1975 Bollywood blockbuster. The character, played by late actor Amjad Khan, says at one point of time in the film, “Ye haath mujhe de de Thakur.” Gandhi had targeted the Centre over the issue on Monday in a rally at Gandhinagar and called for changes in the new tax regime to make it simple.