The meeting of BJP and NDA leaders will also discuss the strategy on the GST and other legislations the government plans to take up in the coming session.
“It’s a tight rope walk. Finance Minister (Arun Jaitley) has meetings with state finance ministers from November 20 to tie up a deal on the GST. A breakdown on demonetisation will hurt the GST,” a senior BJP minister said.
There are jitters within the government on the demonetisation issue as well. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a strong plea for patience from the public he called for a review meeting with the Finance Minister on Sunday night to assess the impact and solutions to ease the hassles for common man.
The BJP’s worries are indicated best by the series of press conferences in the last few days by top BJP leaders.
While BJP president Amit Shah had addressed a news conference on Friday, on Saturday Finance Minister Jaitley held the third press conference in a week on the subject.
Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee has been trying to rope in all anti-BJP political parties to build a sense of the house against the Modi government’s move to suck out nearly Rs. 18 billion in 500 and 1,000 rupee bank notes. The Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party and several others are already said to be on board.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:economictimes.indiatimes.com)
