GST officials seize assets worth ₹19 crore from BJP leader Pankaja Munde’s sugar factory in Beed
₹19 crore from Vaidyanath Co-operative sugar factory owned by BJP national secretary Pankaja Munde in Beed district of Maharashtra for not GST evasion on the sale of sugar. Vaidyanath Co-operative sugar factory had failed to pay the GST during the Covid-19 pandemic. In April, GST officials had visited the factory.
The seized assets include the factory’s boiler and other related machinery worth ₹19 crore. “Our factory is facing a financial crisis, and due to limited funds, we chose to pay the dues of farmers first. We needed financial assistance from the government.
Along with some other factories, the name of our sugar factory was on the first list, which was sent for approval by the government. But except for our factory, all other factories received financial assistance. If we had received the assistance at that time this situation would not have arrived," Pankaja Munde said.
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