Mayawati slams Centre over UPI fee, calls it 'capitalist profiteering attitude'
BSP chief Mayawati said the public is unwilling to accept this system, which imposes an additional financial burden on them as a 'tax’
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati criticized the Central government's decision to introduce a 0.4% fee on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) merchant transfers over ₹2,000 starting October 15, describing it as an example of capitalist profiteering that imposes an additional financial burden on citizens. In a Hindi-language post on X on September 18, 2026, Mayawati stated that the government's move to levy a tax on these transactions, while exempting small payments and person-to-person transactions, appears to be a scheme to recover tax from the people with both hands.
The fee's implementation has sparked public outrage, she said, as the majority of the country's population struggles with poverty, inflation, illiteracy, and unemployment. Mayawati urged the government to prioritize welfare over commercial profit-making, questioning who will address the public's hardships if the government does not.
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