New Delhi: Even before opposition parties could iron out their differences to counter the surging Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the fault lines in the opposition ranks have become visible. “When we should have taken credit for the legislation, party’s top leadership decided to boycott the GST launch event. Along with Congress, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the Left parties also stayed away. The Congress has tried to play down Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s decision to break ranks in the presidential polls and key opposition parties attending the GST launch event. “We took a thought out call on both presidential polls and GST event, there was no reason that after supporting it for so long we should skip the launch event.

Source: Mint July 02, 2017 18:00 UTC