Jaitley Open to Meet Gandhi to End India Sales Tax Impasse
- Modi government will consider changes that strengthen GST
- Congress opposed to talks until `social situation improves'
Arun Jaitley, India's finance minister.
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is open to meeting top opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, to resolve a parliamentary deadlock over one of India’s biggest reforms since the early 1990s.
Narendra Modi’s government is ready to compromise on some demands from the Congress party that don’t imperil the overall structure of the proposed goods-and-services tax, Jaitley said in an interview Monday. He called the opposition “obstructionist" for blocking a vote, and for portraying the government as intolerant toward minorities.