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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman connected Tuesday (December 2, 2025) accused the Opposition of shedding crocodile tears connected Manipur and indulging successful 'drama' implicit the grievances of radical of the State.
Her onslaught came during her reply to a treatment successful the Rajya Sabha connected the Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025, extending Goods and Services Tax (GST) benefits to the State done a bill.
Ms. Sitharaman accused the Opposition of not participating successful the treatment connected the measure that seeks to regenerate an Ordinance successful this regard. The Opposition had earlier staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha aft the Chair rejected their request for a treatment connected the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
"We saw them shedding crocodile tears connected Manipur. Every clip connected Manipur, they volition rise issues and shed crocodile tears," Ms. Sitharaman claimed. She said erstwhile the fund for Manipur came up earlier, the Opposition did not enactment successful the statement connected the measure adjacent astatine that time.
"Even today, erstwhile the GST benefits person to spell to the State Government, they are not present to participate. All the grievances [on Manipur] are conscionable drama. I americium atrocious to accidental this," she said.
Ms. Sitharaman said the Opposition has to follow a liable relation successful a State connected which they speech astir truthful overmuch and should enactment successful the treatment connected a measure wherever the benefits of GST person to beryllium passed connected to the State.
"This is shameful. Even today, they did not enactment successful treatment implicit Manipur's measure for implementing GST successful the State," she alleged. The House aboriginal returned the measure to the Lok Sabha with dependable vote.
