Amid ongoing political turbulence, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha on Wednesday said that meeting April 1 deadline for GST rollout seems to be "challenging."
"legislative side is complicated because you need two-third majority in the Rajya Sabha, you need 50 per cent of states to pass it and then we have to get GST Bill to be passed...So there is lot of heavy lifting to done on legislative side which makes this challenging in terms of April 1, 2016," Sinha said.
The Constitutional Amendment Bill to roll out Goods and Services Tax is stuck in the Rajya Sabha due to stiff opposition by the Congress party and might be delayed further because of the tough stance taken by the main opposition party over the National Herald case issue.