JAITLEY MEETS MAMATA FOR SUPPORT

The government renewed negotiations on Wednesday with Opposition parties for a consensus on the GST bill. Union finance minister Arun Jatiley met West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and NCP leader Praful Patel. “We spoke about the GST. I find most of the Opposition parties are in support of the bill,” Patel told HT. Jaitley will talk to CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, whose party wants two changes in the proposed legislation. Banerjee also met Modi where the GST issue was discussed. The Congress said it would respond only after the new proposals are sent to it. “Let them come back to us, we will have internal discussions and then formulate our stand,” said leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad.