Economy poised for a leap after GST: Shah

‘Efforts made to malign the measure have come to naught’

The Goods and Services Tax, the country’s biggest tax reform since Independence, will help speed up India’s economy and prepare it to compete with top countries, BJP president Amit Shah said here on Saturday.

Mr. Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Goa, said efforts made to malign the GST had failed. Whether in Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat or Assam, there will be a common tax structure, he said.

Mr. Shah is in Goa to plan the strategy for the the 2019 general elections, strengthen the party’s organisational structure and interact with industrialists, hoteliers, professionals and builders, said BJP sources.

Soon after the Parliament session, Mr. Shah said the concept of “one nation, one market, one tax” had been fulfilled.