Congress unlikely to move amendments to GST enabling bills

April 05, 2017 22:48

The Congress is not inclined to move any amendments to the GST enabling bills in the Rajya Sabha before they are returned to the Lok Sabha but may support the amendments moved by other opposition parties.

Sources said the party leaders will meet tomorrow to decide on whether to support the amendments moved by other parties on GST bills.

The Congress's top leadership discussed the issue at length today and decided not to press or move any amendments in the four GST enabling bills. Congress president Sonia Gandhi chaired the meeting.

During the meeting, sources said, the top party leaders discussed various aspects of GST bills and came to the view that the party would not oppose those since the first GST bill proposed by then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee included the proposal for formation of the GST Council.

However, party vice president Rahul Gandhi met CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury in the afternoon and discussed the opposition strategy to be adopted in the Upper House.

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