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Government aims to bring GST bill for last-minute vote

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will try to pass a bill setting the path for India's biggest tax shake-up on Tuesday, in a last-ditch attempt to salvage a session of parliament disrupted by opposition protests.

The government put the bill to create a goods and service tax on the list of business in the Rajya Sabha late on Monday, the chamber's website showed.

But Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, which lacks a majority in the Rajya Sabha, will struggle to bring a vote unless the opposition Congress party drops demands a minister resign over graft allegations.

The Congress party has repeatedly blocked debates during the "monsoon" sitting of parliament, which winds up on Thursday.

 

(Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

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First Published: Aug 11 2015 | 10:05 AM IST

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