Midnight launch of GST an insult to 1947: Congress leader Anand Sharma defends party's stand

Defending its decision to skip Parliament's special midnight session tonight ahead of the launch of the landmark Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Congress today called it an insult to 1947 and called it an "ideological" boycott.

"The midnight launch of the GST is an insult to 1947," senior Congress leader Anand Sharma told Rajdeep Sardesai at India Today's Midnight Conclave being held at New Delhi's Hotel Taj Mansingh.

Sharma claimed the GST was brought up by the Congress when it was in power and the BJP always opposed it. "Modi as CM always opposed GST," he said.