The Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) replied in negative when asked whether the BJP had "surrendered" before the PDP as far as the GST was concerned, amid reports of differences between them.
"All of us should stay assured that the GST will soon be implemented in Jammu and Kashmir. There is no surrender. I have told you that the GST will be implemented very soon. It will be implemented in next three to four days," he told reporters here.
"It is not a question of the BJP, the PDP or the Congress. 125 crore people of this country are dictating us to be on the same page and there cannot be anything otherwise," he said.
"Both the coalition partners are on the same page. There is no difference of opinion on the GST. There were hiccups raised by opposition parties for political consideration, but they have also realised that they cannot carry it forward. Now they are exposed," he added.
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"The state government will take a call. Each day, there will be losses to the traders. We do not have any problem in implementation of the GST, but the opposition is creating hurdles," he said.
"Our stand is clear before you on GST. There is no difference between us. They (PDP) are in agreement. There will be soon some way out. All political parties are on one page on the GST," he added.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the core group of the BJP, its state unit chief Sat Sharma said all party legislators will take part in the four-day special Assembly session starting from July 4.
"I feel before 8th of July, the announcement will be made for implementation of GST in J-K. We have a clear stand on the GST," he said.
He said the GST was to be ushered from July 1 along with rest of the country but due to some reasons it could not be implemented in J-K and the opposition has been "repeatedly creating hurdles" in its implementation.
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