Referring to Congress debacle in the Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Chhattisgarh assembly elections earlier this month despite the party highlighting its welfare legislations, he said that the larger message from the results was that the state governments can beat anti-incumbency if they govern well.
He also accused the UPA government of failing to evolve consensus on economic decisions.
Referring to the points raised by earlier speakers on the goods and service tax, Jaitley said he was not unaware of its benefits on tax collection, but it cannot be done in a situation where the state governments feel that the central government was unfair.
