“Rahulji held discussions with top party leaders on the GST Bill and discussed the party’s strategy,” Kharge told PTI after the meeting. Another top Congress leader said the draft bill has just been circulated and the party leaders will react only after studying it in detail. “The draft of the bill has just come and let us study it first,” the Congress leader said. Jaitley had on Wednesday held consultations with the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma. The GST bill, which has been in the making for over a decade, entails introduction of a single indirect tax regime across the country.

Source: Mint August 02, 2016 12:11 UTC