Kolkata: A likely meeting between
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata
Banerjee in Kolkata this month may formalise issue-based coordination between
the two parties, sources in the BJP said on Monday.
Fresh from the success in Assam and
also the recent elections to the Rajya Sabha, the BJP is all the more keen to
establish good working relations with regional chieftains and pass important
bills like the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
The Empowered Committee of State
Finance Ministers on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill will meet in Kolkata
for a two-day conclave from 14 June.
To be presided over by West Bengal
Finance Minister Amit Mitra, chairman of the empowered panel, Jaitley is likely
to attend the meeting on the first day.
“Jaitley, who also holds the
Information and Broadcasting Ministry, is also likely to be in Kolkata for an
All India Radio function on 28 June. Prasar Bharati has invited West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also for the meeting. Jaitley and Mamata
Banerjee can also meet separately for a one on one deliberation,” BJP source
told IANS.
The BJP has already made it clear
that with its enhanced numbers in the Rajya Sabha after the recent biennial elections,
the government will like to fast track the process of passing of GST Bill to
give the reform process the much needed direction.
Mamata Banerjee has already declared
her support to the GST.
As per EXIN Times, the bill for a
pan-India GST to thoroughly overhaul India’s indirect tax regime has been
passed by the Lok Sabha, but is stalled in the Rajya Sabha where the ruling
National Democratic Alliance currently lacks majority.
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