Hoping to achieve a breakthrough in the deadlock over the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, a meeting between the Central government and Congress leaders is expected in the first week of December.
Congress is likely to revert to the government with its position on the bill. The government will also be responding to Congress's demands on the bill. Both the Central government and the Congress are in touch with other parties as well for discussions on the bill.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh had met on Friday to discuss the contentious issues in the GST bill. According to sources, consensus was reached during the meeting on two of three demands put forward by the Congress party.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who was also present at the meeting along with Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, said that both sides put forward their positions on GST and there is the possibility of more meetings in the future. Jaitley added that the leaders also discussed the smooth functioning of Parliament in the Winter Session during the meeting.
The government will be discussing the demands made by Congress which in turn will have its own internal discussions on what the government has said. There will be regular meetings between Naidu and Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Ghulam Nabi Azad in both houses throughout the Winter Session of Parliament.
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