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Kolkata: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Monday alleged that the GST council has turned majoritarian and decisions were no longer taken on the basis of a consensus as originally envisaged. Mitra said that he had tried his best to "raise objections" during the 44th GST Council meeting on Saturday, but the virtual link was snapped at a "critical time". "Authoritarianism and majoritarianism have taken over the GST Council... Why was my microphone muted at a critical time when I wanted to put across my dissent? Mitra had Saturday termed the GST Council's decision not to reduce taxes on COVID-19 vaccines as "anti-people"..