Following the conclusion of the 44th meeting of the GST Council on Saturday, a war of words erupted on Twitter between Union Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur, and West Bengal Finance Minister, Amit Mitra, over the way the important .
Amit Mitra on Sunday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of giving misinformation about disbursement of funds by the Centre to the state during a political rally and challenged him for a debate. He said the state government had received Rs 1.13 lakh crore from the Centre in the last six years, which is nothing more than one-third of what the Union minister claimed . Shah, in his recent visit to the poll-bound West Bengal, had reportedly said the Centre provided Rs 3.59 lakh crore to the state. He has given wrong, misleading and politically-motivated information. The Centre, as a part of the federal structure, collects taxes from states and shares. We had received only Rs 1.13 lakh crore in the last 6 years (FY14 to FY20), Mitra told reporters.