Rahul's Braille paper plea has a Bengaluru connection

February 29, 2016 15:12

Congress MPs were happy that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made it a point to mention Rahul Gandhi, when he announced that he had accepted the latter's suggestion to slash import duty on Braille paper as it will be included in the list of "assistive devices for the differently-abled".

Sources say Gandhi had written to the commerce ministry after a visually impaired college student approached him at Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru, where he addressed students last year.

The Congress vice president had then written to the finance minister asking for tax exemption on Braille paper.

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