The Congress on Friday termed its skip of the midnight launching of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as an ideological boycott. The Congress on Thursday announced boycotting the midnight rollout of the GST and termed it Modi government?s tamasha (drama) and ‘publicity stunt’. Senior Congress leader and former Cabinet Minister Anand Sharma that Congress’ skip is an ‘ideological boycott’ for many reasons. The Congress leader said that when Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) had had brought the GST then only one chief minister had opposed it, who was then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Together, in all the states, the Congress Party has made its point in favor of the GST.

Source: dna June 30, 2017 10:44 UTC