By IANS
New Delhi : A delegation of leather shoe manufacturers from Agra Saturday met Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi to press for their demand to withdraw Value Added Tax (VAT) on traditional hand made shoes.
The young Amethi MP had written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati asking her to withdraw VAT.
The delegation, led by Rajkumar Sama, president of the Agra Shoe Factories Federation, said Gandhi had assured that he would soon visit Agra to draw the state government’s attention on the issue.
To Gandhi’s appeal to withdraw VAT, Mayawati had said it was decided on the basis of the recommendations of a central committee and was there in all the states. She had also termed Gandhi’s taking up the issue as an attempt to derive “political mileage”.
The Uttar Pradesh government fixed 12 percent VAT on handmade shoes and four percent on shoes made of moulded plastic.