Shanmugham meets Sonia Gandhi

By Our Staff Reporter

PONDICHERRY, AUG. 1. The Chief Minister, Mr. P. Shanmugham, called on the AICC president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, in New Delhi on Tuesday.

A communication from the office of the Chief Minister today said Mr. Shanmugham apprised Ms. Sonia Gandhi of the serious implications of the Centrally-sponsored uniform sales tax in Pondicherry.

He told her that merchants, political leaders and others were of the unanimous stand that the uniform sales tax should be avoided in Pondicherry.

The Chief Minister was scheduled to meet the Prime Minister, the Home and the Finance Ministers to place before them the unanimous views of the Union Territory.

Mr. Shanmugham was accompanied by the Chief Secretary, the Principal Secretary and the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes Department of Pondicherry.

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