<p><img title="Twittearti change the name of GST to Great Stupid Tax" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/jun/GST-troll.jpg" alt="Twittearti change the name of GST to Great Stupid Tax" /><em style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>A tweet</strong></em></p>
<p>The stage is all set for the rollout of the major indirect tax reform measure - Goods and Services Tax (GST) - in Parliament's Central Hall on Friday night.</p>
<p>But some Twitterati `who are against the idea changed the name from Goods and Services Tax to Great Stupid Tax. He are some of the reactions.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;u00c2u0087After seeing ppls reaction on Great Stupid Tax<br />Modi &eth;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;u00c2u0087<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gstrollout?src=hash">#gstrollout</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GSTTamasha?src=hash">#GSTTamasha</a> <a href="https://t.co/n3GojLTHlu">pic.twitter.com/n3GojLTHlu</a></p>
&mdash; CA Dinesh Wadera (@dineshwadera) <a href="https://twitter.com/dineshwadera/status/880777038558224385">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Once upon a time 3 years ago<br /><br />Service tax = 12%<br />Then<br /><br />S Tax + swatch bharat = 15.5%<br />Now<br /><br />18% - 28 % Great Stupid Tax<br /> <br />Great Stupid Tax</p>
&mdash; arif@saad (@ARIFRecon) <a href="https://twitter.com/ARIFRecon/status/880741250864824321">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you have a chain of restaurants across the country you are faced with different tax rates on account of liquor! <br />The Great Stupid Tax</p>
&mdash; Tehseen Poonawalla (@tehseenp) <a href="https://twitter.com/tehseenp/status/880689898818334720">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">What is GST ?<br />Great Stupid Tax<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocialMediaDay?src=hash">#SocialMediaDay</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TextilesIndia2017?src=hash">#TextilesIndia2017</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gstrollout?src=hash">#gstrollout</a> <a href="https://t.co/UeaKeDs9j4">pic.twitter.com/UeaKeDs9j4</a></p>
&mdash; Sir Shikhar Dhawan (@SirDhawan_) <a href="https://twitter.com/SirDhawan_/status/880734470348967937">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just Discover The Full Form Of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GST?src=hash">#GST</a> "Great Stupid Tax" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GSTForNewIndia?src=hash">#GSTForNewIndia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneNationOneTaxOneMarket?src=hash">#OneNationOneTaxOneMarket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ShashiTharoor">@ShashiTharoor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sagarikaghose">@sagarikaghose</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/milinddeora">@milinddeora</a> <a href="https://t.co/hpAFccwqGc">pic.twitter.com/hpAFccwqGc</a></p>
&mdash; Imran Solanki (@imransolanki313) <a href="https://twitter.com/imransolanki313/status/880803509507170304">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ppl r openly being thrown in deluge.After <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Demonetisation?src=hash">#Demonetisation</a> terror we have <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatStupidTax?src=hash">#GreatStupidTax</a> 4m midnight.Is seeking clarity also Anti-national</p>
&mdash; Shivashish Sen (@Shivashishsen21) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shivashishsen21/status/880794475785707522">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Raga: Do u know whom <a href="https://twitter.com/tehseenp">@tehseenp</a> honored by calling GST, Great Stupid Tax?<br />Villagers: Whom?<br />RaGa: Me<br />Villagers: Applause.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gstrollout?src=hash">#gstrollout</a> <a href="https://t.co/W9SpGAvHWM">pic.twitter.com/W9SpGAvHWM</a></p>
&mdash; Optimist (@DesiOptimystic) <a href="https://twitter.com/DesiOptimystic/status/880788469810855936">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&bull;In a restaurant that has an AC and a non AC section you have two tax rates. (18% and 12%) . The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatStupidTax?src=hash">#GreatStupidTax</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/tehseenp">@tehseenp</a> <a href="https://t.co/sc6QC5c9nX">pic.twitter.com/sc6QC5c9nX</a></p>
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<p>The launch will take place at the stroke of midnight after speeches by President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari, MPs, Chief Ministers and state Finance Ministers besides a host of industralists and legal luminaries.</p>
<p>The hour-long event seeks to evoke memories of the "Tryst with Destiny" moment of 1947 when first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru made his famous speech to mark India's independence.</p>

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<p>The stage is all set for the rollout of the major indirect tax reform measure - Goods and Services Tax (GST) - in Parliament's Central Hall on Friday night</p>

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