Ghaziabad House tax increase protest marches escalated posters appear in markets, city government in the dock

Posters started acting in the markets in protest against home tax in Ghaziabad, the city government updated in the dock: Do, 09 Oct 2025 09:05 am (IST) protest marches against the increase in homes tax rates have tightened in Ghaziabad. Posters are set up at stores and questions are asked to the municipal corporation. Public representatives are asked to take decisive steps. Traders also protested on this issue and demanded an early solution, otherwise tax and interest must be paid. Jagran correspondent, Ghaziabad. Now pamphlets and posters have begun to be pasted outside the stores in protest of raising the tax rate of homes. As a result, the city government stands in the dock. People ask questions that when they prefer BJP’s candidate with most of the councilors in the municipal corporation, called the City Government, although they cannot reduce the home tax rate. Remove ad Read only news not only the mayor and councilors, but also the former official members of the municipal corporation home who won the election on BJP ticket, the district MP, Sahibabad, Muradnagar and City MLA are also questioned about why they do not make the issue of a decisive turn. Earlier, the municipal corporation used to increase the tax rate of the home by 10 percent, but now the home tax rate has been increased as the DM circuit rate as the base. As a result, home tax rates have risen four times, increasing the burden on people’s pockets. That’s why people protest at the increased rate of home tax and former councilor Rajendra Tyagi, Himanshu Mittal has also filed a petition in the Supreme Court. The mayor of the municipal corporation himself claims that the proposal to raise the tax rate of the home has been rejected by calling a meeting in the home. Nevertheless, the tax rate of home has not been reduced until now. People have to pay home tax according to the increased rate. In protest against this, the Metropolitan Industry Council has asked all the units of the metropolis to set up posters and leaflets in protest of the increased rate of home tax outside the stores in the markets. The increase in the tax rate of homes is mentioned as a dictatorship of the municipal corporation. In Gandhi Nagar, shop owners started setting up posters and leaflets outside a few stores. In the coming days, such posters can be seen outside the shops in all the market markets. People say if no decision is made soon, those who do not deposit home tax in time will have to pay increased home tax with interest. The people and business people of the city are raising the tax rate of the house. We express our protest democratically. We also have a question to the district public representatives on why they do not take concrete steps in this matter. They must move forward in this case. – – Ashok Chawla, general secretary, Metropolitan Industries Trade Board, raising the rate of home tax is wrong, we are opposed to it. At the receipt of the leaflets, posters and leaflets will be erected outside the stores in Turab Nagar in protest against the increased rate of home tax. Rajneesh Bansal, Chairman, Turab Nagar Business Board