A viral meme featuring plain and cream buns emerged on social media, tied to hashtags like #Coimbatore, #Annapoorna, and #GST.
The meme follows an interaction where D. Srinivasan of Sree Annapoorna hotel questioned Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman about the 18% GST on cream buns versus 5% on bun and cream separately.
Srinivasan urged the Minister to rationalize the GST discrepancy on food items during a Coimbatore industry meeting.
Following this, a video of him apologizing to the Minister went viral, leading to a wave of memes on social media about the strange tax situation, calling it the "GST Bun" issue.
The incident sparked widespread online debate, with users questioning the fairness of the "one nation, one tax" principle.