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PM Modi reaches out to Sonia, Manmohan to break GST deadlock

New Delhi: In a bid to end the logjam and the passage of crucial GST bill and other key bills that is pending in Parliament, PM Narendra Modi met with top Congress leaders at his residence. Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh were invited by PM Modi at his Race Course Road residence yesterday over tea around 7 PM. Jaitley, who needs Parliament approval for GST Bill in the winter session to roll out the new indirect tax regime as planned from April 1, had said he has spoken to “almost all Congress leaders” on the issue. Congress had stalled passage of the GST Constitution Amendment Bill in the last session of Parliament over its demand that a revenue-neutral rate not higher than 18 per cent be mentioned in it.

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