NEW DELHI: A day befor
e Parliament’s winter session begins, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the opposition to let it function “constructively” so that it is able to fulfill “people’s expectations” from his government.
Modi was speaking at the all-party meeting called by the government as it braces to face the opposition over a series of issues, including the intolerance row triggered by actor Aamir Khan’s recent remarks.
The government, keen to pass the ambitious Goods and Services Tax Bill and other key reforms, has said that it is willing to discuss any issue in Parliament as long as it is “constructive”.
“PM Narendra Modi has said at the all-party meeting that GST legislation is in the interest of nation,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters after the all-party meeting.
“Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will speak to all parties to address their doubt on GST legislation,” Naidu, quoting Modi, said.
In his various trips abroad, PM Modi has assured the foreign investors of making the GST a reality by 2016.
All signs so far indicate that the winter session, like the monsoon session before it, is likely to be stormy with most opposition parties supporting Khan and accusing the government of bullying dissenters.
The Congress, the Janata Dal-United and the CPM have made their intention clear by deciding to give notices for debate on intolerance and attacking the government on reform measures, including the GST Bill. (Source: ANI News)
