VADODARA : Despite drawing flak for targeting Mumbai-based Hotel Aditi last week, there seems to be no lessons learnt for the Congress .

The Vadodara city Congress has issued open threat to the restaurateurs in connection with a proposal that was being considered by some members of Gujarat Rajya Hotel Federation (GRHF). Some hoteliers in Gujarat were planning to introduce menu cards that would have food and beverages named after scams that surfaced during the tenure of UPA government.

The GRHF was agitated over the new service tax on restaurants that was imposed by the Centre some months ago. "This is not the correct way to protest. If any restaurant mentions about scams on their menu cards, we will protest in their premises. If the workers lose their temper and the restaurant is ransacked, we are not responsible for it," said city Congress president Narendra Rawat.

Congress leaders even issued a veiled warning to customers by asking them to stay away from such restaurants, lest they suffer during the protests. "Such hotel owners seem to be hand in gloves with BJP and they are making it a political issue. They should be ready to face ire of Congress workers," Rawat asserted.

Hoteliers and restaurateurs across the country had opposed double taxation but the government went ahead with it. Aditi Hotel that printed bills mentioning scams under UPA government to register protest against the service tax was targeted by the Congress workers who forced him to apologize last week.

Member of GRHF and hotelier Ashwin Gandhi has proposed mentioning scams on menu cards in the state. Gandhi was not available for comments.

The city Congress also accused hotels and restaurants of serving stale food and said that they would run an agitation against them to print name and contact numbers of health officials in bold letters at the entrance.

