Congress mocks BJP steps on GST; says too little, too late

After the GST council meeting and measure for giving relief to Small and Medium Businesses were kept forward, Congress said that the measures announced for GST by Narendra Modi government to ease concerns over Goods and Services Tax were “too little, too late”

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said, in a series of tweets, that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley should have listened to the sane advice given by party Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

“GSTCouncilMeet Too little, too late. Procedural reliefs will not compensate for messing with the basic architecture of GST by Modi Govt,” Surjewala said.

“Huge opportunity of adding 2 percent to India’s GDP squandered away by GST mess, subsequent half baked rollbacks by panic stricken Modi Govt.

“Wish that PM/FM could remove blinkers of arrogance to listen to the sane counsel of OfficeofRG, Dr Manmohan Singh Pchidambaram,” he added.