BJP distances itself from Subramanian Swamy's GST remarks

Already facing an upheaval task of getting the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill passed in Parliament due to continuous uproar by the Opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party has distanced itself from party leader Subramanian Swamy's statement on the bill.

Swamy had said that the GST bill is not that important that he should sacrifice his fight for corruption for the same. "The bill is not worth the price that I should leave fighting corruption for it. The bill should be sacrificed for the cause of fighting corruption," he had said.

Swamy had added that the government does not need the bill and the required changes can be brought even without a bill being passed. "They don't need any parliamentary amendment. Reduce the excise tax to 21 commodities," he suggested.

He also dismissed the efforts of the government to reach out to the opposition to get the bill passed. "It is the government's problem how they want to run Parliament. I'm not worried that. I will continue to fight corruption," he said.