Hopeful that GST Bill will be passed in monsoon session
: Rudy
Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy today said senior Union
Ministers have been negotiating with Congress leadership
on the GST Bill and expressed the hope that the proposed
law will be passed in the monsoon session of Parliament.
"There were demands to make improvements on some
parameters. We have rectified them and the senior
leadership, whether it is Venkaiah Naidu or Arun
Jaitley, is regularly negotiating with the Congress
party," he told reporters here.
Rudy said, "After the setback in West Bengal, Kerala and
Assam, I dont think Congress obstructionist policy is
giving them any headstart across the country.
"Earlier, the government had insisted that most of the
parties, except the Congress, were in favour of GST
which would bring about a uniform indirect taxation
regime in the country.
Rudy said the bill has been approved by Lok Sabha but
was pending in Rajya Sabha because of stiff resistance
by the Congress. |