Indian Premier League Observer

Shah Rukh Khan, the bollywood actor and owner of Kolkata franchisee Kolkata Knight Riders had proposed to have an entertainment program before the inaugural match of Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens here on Sunday.

But, the Left government had told Shah Rukh that he will have to pay the entertainment tax for the ten minute program that he had scheduled before the match. SRK then strongly cam against this demand saying the show is just a 10 minute show, not a three hour one where a viewer should pay an extertainment tax to the government. SRK had said that he would not pay the entertainment tax for the government for the program, which would have taken the ticket prices close to Rs 250.

At last, the Left Bengal government has said that Shah Rukh Khan will not have to pay the entertainment tax for the ten minute show. Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta has already approved Khan’s proposal. “I have no problem in waiving off the tax,” said Dasgupta.

But Dasgupta also set some conditions before Shah Rukh before waiving off the entertainment tax. Shah Rukh will have to promise the politician that the profits from the game would be used for the development of poor people in the state.

If the government had not gone back from its stand of imposing the entertainment tax, then Kolkata Knight Riders tickets would have been almost Rs 30 of what it cost now.