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Will the GST be Delayed? FM Jaitley Meets Rahul

Arun Jaitley and Rahul Gandhi

Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley met the opposition party leader, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday to invite him in his daughter’s marriage, next month. When the meeting was held a week before the winter session of Parliament, the Congress didn’t quoted any word on the discussion.

This time, Finance Minister has been facing the leaders of the other parties to invite them all in his daughter’s wedding in the upcoming month.

Recently, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in an interview that he is ready to meet Rahul and he would talk to him to roll-out the GST Bill in the Lok Sabha. Interestingly, the Good and Services Tax Bill that is a vital reform of the existing government which is stuck in the Parliament by disapproval of Congress.

According to the main sources of the party, the meeting of Rahul and Jaitley was praised but he should talk regarding the GST Bill with two opposition leaders of the Congress party in two houses of Parliament- Mallikarjun Kharge in the Lok Sabha and Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha.

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The reform of the economic agenda, GST will make a single market for more than a dozen state levies, therefore it is a very important reform and first priority of the government. The Constitution Amendment Bill could be applied from 1st April, 2016.

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