Top mins meet, govt hopeful of Congress support on GST

Top Union Ministers on Tuesday held a deliberation over the government’s strategy ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament beginning on Thursday with the Centre expressing hope that Congress will help passage of key reform bills, including GST.

Ministers of Home, Finance, External Affairs, Defence and Parliamentary Affairs, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Manohar Parrikar and M Venkaiah Naidu respectively, met to give final touches to their strategy.

MoS for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who was also present, said the government’s agenda is to run the two Houses smoothly and get the bills passed by reaching out to the opposition. He said senior ministers like Singh, Jaitley and Naidu had spoken to leaders of various parties, seeking their cooperation.