The denial from the Congress was swift and pointed.
Countering the charge that Congress MPs did not dissent when a parliamentary panel pressed for charges on certain business transactions via UPI in August, Gaurav Gogoi, who attended the meeting, said there was "no specific proposal on UPI tax when they met the members of the Finance Committee".
Five Congress MPs - Gaurav Gogoi, P Chidambaram, Manish Tewari Kishori Lal and K Gopinath - attended the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance in August.