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"We are trying to rationalise taxes, lower taxes and introduce a non-adversarial and fair system of taxation. There is a raging ideological battle between reform and obstruction. The government is fairly determined."

"The roadmap for us is very clear. We need a lot of investment in India and we need to ease the process of doing business in India and therefore slowly we are introducing changes in that direction," the BJP leader said.

In a direct attack on the previous UPA government, he stressed on how scandals such as the Spectrum and coal field allocations are a thing of the past.

"If (former prime minister Manmohan) Singh has his way, the crisis would never have taken place but there was a sense of helplessness. With regard to coal, he had announced an auction process within months of taking over but for 10 years he was unable to go through with it. How can we allow such a system to continue," he said at the event organised by FICCI and UK Indian Business Council.
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