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Centre's GST earns praise, and a horde of Twitter jokes

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ANI New Delhi [India]
Last Updated : Jul 01 2017 | 7:02 AM IST

Trust the Internet to find the laughable even in the most serious, sincere and legit situations. The social media was an ocean of hilarious tweets and videos even as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee pressed the "button" to officially roll out the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) "at the stroke of the midnight hour."

While some Twitter users took the opportunity to free the "beef" of all guilt of lynchings and killings and shift the blame to the GST, some found serious logistical and syntactical issues with the abbreviation.

1. The conundrum of 18!

"Gita has 18 chapters, GST council had 18 meetings."

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First Published: Jul 01 2017 | 6:50 AM IST

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