Jaitley rules out including GST rate in Constitution Amendment Bill

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday ruled out including the GST rate in the Constitution Amendment Bill saying tariffs can’t be cast in stone.

He said the Congress, which has opposed the GST Bill over three main demands, should accept the UPA Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s proposal for a GST Council or its appointed forum for resolving tax disputes, instead of its demand for a Supreme Court judge being the adjudicating authority.

Speaking at the Aaj Tak Agenda programme, Jaitley said the Congress was changing stance everyday as it believes none other than persons from one family have the right to rule the country.

“Why don’t you say directly that we want to stall country’s progress. For the Congress, except one family, no one else can rule. This is the basic point,” he said. “Daily they change their stance.”