The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has dismissed the Congress' claim and clarified that no such tax has been imposed on 'Gangajal', the water of the Ganga river used in pujas and other rituals. The BJP's reaction came after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in a post on X accused the Narendra Modi government of imposing 18 per cent GST on the water of the holy Ganga river and termed it the height of "loot and hypocrisy".