Nitish Kumar to skip GST rollout in Parliament

New Delhi June 29 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will not attend the Parliament rollout of the GST on Friday midnight and JD-U MPs are free to decide whether they want to be there or not.

Janata Dal-United spokesperson K.C. Tyagi told IANS: Nitish Kumar will not attend the midnight session of Parliament on GST (Goods and Services Tax) rollout.

He also said the JD-U had not issued any whip to its MPs vis-a-vis the midnight session. It is their choice. If they want to attend it they can or they can skip it Tyagi added.

--IANS
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