GST - Sushil Modi - New Chairman of Empowered Committee
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.THE Ace politician that he is, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee got BJP's Bihar Finance Minister and Deputy CM, Sushil Modi, elected as Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on GST.
Though April 2012 is an impossible dream for launch of GST, Modi's election as Chairman in place of Asim Dasgupta, is a sign of hope.
Already the new Chairman has announced that GST is not a political issue and has nothing to do with Congress or BJP. He wanted the Centre and the States to be flexible.
On the concluding day of the 14th Lok Sabha, Leader of opposition, LK Advani said, "Sometimes I think had Pranab not been there, what would happen to this government. Whenever there is a crisis, he is there”.
Pranab Da deserves a place in history as the founder of GST regime in India.