Off late, there are lots of things going in the country, but one of the important debates is on, “if women should pay tax for sanitary napkins?” While going through the news feed of the day on Twitter, our attention caught to the trending tag, “#LahuKaLagaan.” A lot of people including Bollywood celebrities have tweeted to curb this awful tax on women’s basic necessity- sanitary napkins.
Well, not each one can afford such expensive sanitary napkins, and if we are expecting a healthy and hygienic India, one needs to take the initiative to make sanitary napkins tax-free, as they are women’s necessity and not a “luxury.”
In fact, Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor’s sister Anshula Kapoor also took to Twitter requesting current finance minister ArunJaitley to stop applying taxes on necessities of women. The young girl raised her voice against the most important issue and tweeted, “Sir, @arunjaitley sanitary napkins shouldn’t be a luxury. Why should women be taxed to bleed when we have no control over it? #LahukaLagaan.”
Sir, @arunjaitley sanitary napkins shouldn't be a luxury. Why should women be taxed to bleed when we have no control over it? #LahukaLagaan pic.twitter.com/ELzKl9NHoW
— Anshula Kapoor (@anshulakapoor) April 18, 2017
She followed her first post by another tweet:
.@arunjaitley pls make sanitary napkins tax-free under GST – they should be classified as an essential item & not a luxury! #LahuKaLagaan
— Anshula Kapoor (@anshulakapoor) April 18, 2017
Check out other tweets from Bollywood celebrities:
Morning @arunjaitley ??
sanitary napkins are a necessity not a luxury &more women should be able to afford them minus GST-pl?#LahuKaLagaan pic.twitter.com/EzWx1FOwYX— Aditi Rao Hydari (@aditiraohydari) April 19, 2017
Dear @arunjaitley Sanitary Napkins are not luxury, they are necessity.
@arunjaitley @SheSaysIndia #LahuKaLagaan pic.twitter.com/Spk84CxdSV— Shenaz Treasury (@ShenazTreasury) April 18, 2017
Dear @arunjaitley please exempt sanitary napkins from GST, a humble request #LahuKaLagaan pic.twitter.com/2kyyhU4dxB
— Rohan (@mojorojo) April 18, 2017
Hey @arunjaitley please remove taxes from sanitary napkins. Thanks for having our backs. #LahuKaLagaan @SheSaysIndia pic.twitter.com/EUzhgblYFX
— Kaneez Surka (@kaneezsurka) April 18, 2017
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