Rahul Gandhi on GST: "A reform that holds great potential is being rushed through in a half-baked way with a self-promotional spectacle. India deserves a GST rollout that does not put crores of its ordinary citizens, small businesses & traders through tremendous pain and anxiety. Unlike demonetisation, GST is a reform that @INCIndia has championed & backed from the beginning.


The Congress on Friday tweeted undated clips of Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying "GST can never be successful" and implementing it is "impossible" without the requisite infrastructure.


"This is what Modi ji & the BJP really think of GST" is what the Congress captioned one clip. In it, Modi is seen saying: "On the question of GST, it is the BJP's view and the Gujarat government's view, from the very beginning, that GST can never be successful."

The Congress tweeted: "Modiji how quickly you forget your own words. Why are you rolling out GST without developing the proper infrastructure #GSTTamasha."


The Congress said yesterday it won't attend the GST rollout event at midnight, because, among other things, it finds its present format "unacceptable".