Kerala: SFI activists send sanitary pads to Jaitley, demand withdrawal of GST on the product

Activists of a Left students union in Kerala on Wednesday sent sanitary pads to union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley demanding an immediate withdrawal of Goods and Services Tax on on womens hygiene product.

Students Federation of India (SFI), the students outfit of ruling CPI(M) sent the napkins with the slogan Bleed without fear, Bleed without tax written on them.

The hygiene products were sent as part of a protest programme organised by the outfit in various college campuses across the state against the taxation on sanitary pads. SFI central committee member Khadeejath Suhaila inaugurated the protest event here.

Various state and district level leaders took part in the protest organised in other parts of the state. Sanitary napkins will attract Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate of 12 per cent, a shade lower than 13.7 per cent in the previous indirect tax regime.

PTI