Srinagar, July 7 (KNS): Opposition Congress party Friday staged walk out of the Legislative Council soon after the government laid the Presidential Order on GST extension to the state.
The Congress members led by senior leader and MLC G N Monga walked out of the council, saying that the presidential order
“What have we discussed here? Nothing, except abusing by the ruling party. The government is happy that it has extended GST to the state with safeguards, but the finance minister of the country Arun Jaitley has said that GST extension is integration of Jammu and Kashmir into India.
When it was done for integration, then why we were called for committing this sin.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelWe don’t want to commit this sin and will oppose it,” Monga said and staged walk out of the Upper House.
The Congress leader said that calling assembly on debating GST was a “fixed match” between BJP and PDP.
The Congress legislator said that the presidential order should have been laid in the House before so that the opposition could get time to read and analyse it. “But it is being given now. So how can we discuss it,” he said.
The Congress legislators did not stay in the House even when CM had to make the concluding statement on GST. National Conference boycotted the session today. (KNS)