Defending its decision to skip Parliament's special midnight session tonight ahead of the launch of the landmark Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Congress today called it an insult to 1947 and called it an "ideological" boycott. "The midnight launch of the GST is an insult to 1947," senior Congress leader Anand Sharma told Rajdeep Sardesai at India Today's Midnight Conclave being held at New Delhi's Hotel Taj Mansingh. On the night of August 14, Jawaharlal Nehru had made his famous 'tryst with destiny' speech in the Central Hall of Parliament, which effectively announced the independence of India from the British.

Source: India Today June 30, 2017 08:15 UTC