Arun Jaitley, P Chidambaram spar over GST ahead of all-party meet

November 25, 2015 10:14

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley offered to discuss with Congress changes in the Goods and Services Tax bill but also said that some of the party's demands can "damage" more than benefit the system. It would be "extremely unfair" to the country "if we try to impose in the name of political compromise, a GST with a defective architecture," Jaitley said.

Responding to the comments, former finance minister P Chidambaram tweeted this morning: "FM's confrontational speech at ASSOCHAM not the best way to reach out to opposition on GST." The sparring sets the tone for an all-party meeting today on GST, which will create a single market in India for the first time since independence and is expected to boost the economy.

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