The Constitution Amendment Bill on the Good and Services Tax (GST) could not be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Monday as the Congress repeatedly disrupted proceedings demanding the resignation of Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari over a Comptroller and Auditor-General report on irregularities in a loan extended to the Purti group, which is linked to his family.
With the Congress appearing to be in no mood to relent, the Bill, approved by the Lok Sabha, is now likely to be referred to a Select Committee of the Upper House.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met leaders of political parties separately to discuss the issue.
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What emerged from the meetings was that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee. Another decision was to refer the Land Acquisition Bill for scrutiny to a joint committee of both Houses.