Why is Centre hurrying to introduce GST, asks Yechury

Less than a week left for the Centre to roll out the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the CPI (M) today asked why the Centre is hurrying to introduce the new tax regime.
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he was the chief minister of Gujarat till May 2014, had opposed the system.
"Why this unseemly hurry with GST before putting systems in place? After all, BJP opposed it for several years, especially then CM, Gujarat (sic)," Yechury tweeted.
The GST, a pan-India indirect tax set to replace taxes imposed by the Centre and state governments, will be in force from July 1.

All states, except Jammu and Kashmir, have already cleared the State GST (SGST) Bill, and are ready for embracing the new tax regime.