Arun Jaitley urges opposition

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley asked opposition parties, such as the Congress and the Left parties, to reconsider their decision to skip the midnight GST launch saying they were all consulted on the indirect tax reform and cannot run away from it. The Congress decided to keep away from the midnight GST launch event convened by the government. The Trinamool Congress has already announced its decision to boycott the event.