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Insisting that the Congress was also for GST, Singhvi said that the government attempted to bring the measure for consideration of Parliament without any discussion in the Business Advisory Committee.
The Congress, has said it will not allow Parliament to function unless the PM removes senior BJP leaders it accuses of graft charges, including Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj. “They have crossed all the limits”, said Naidu.
The house was adjourned for the day by Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien soon after.
“GDP will be boosted”. But Congress for some reason does not want that.
Jaitley said, “Unfortunately the Congress is in a self destruct mode”. Themselves. Then they are asking for the point of order. As the bill was introduced there, Congress members stormed into the well shouting “This won’t do”.
“In less than a year, it was NDA government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which brought about a consensus of all the states“.
“All the basic features of GST cost are born of…”
He said the Standing Committee has cleared GST as also the Lok Sabha. Regrettably they have gone back on their words. “The (Union) Finance Minister said GST is top priority”, he told reporters.
Opposition Congress has repeatedly disrupted proceedings in the Rajya Sabha, preventing the House from taking up the bill for passage. But in the Rajya Sabha, it is heavily reliant on the support of the opposition.
“That Bill is listed today”.
Asked if the bill had been introduced, the finance minister said: “The bill has been introduced”.
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“No time has been allocated (for the bill), it has not come in the bulletin, BAC (Business Advisory Committee) did not give time… Unless the rate is indicated by this Committee, what is being published, we should not go by it”, Chandra said. “This is a major victory for Congress”, he added.
