In a bid to protest the move, the Trinamool Congress would not attend the midnight programme to mark the GST roll-out in Parliament on June 30.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday described the presidential election as a battle of ideologies and principles and said the opposition was determined to fight it
The opposition parties, including the Congress, are undecided on attending the launch event of the Goods and Services Tax
"Against the ideology of divisiveness, she represents the values that bind us as a nation and a people. Proud to have @meira_kumar ji as our candidate," Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
"Why this unseemly hurry with GST before putting systems in place? After all, BJP opposed it for several years, especially then CM, Gujarat (sic)," Yechury tweeted.
Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar filed her nomination papers today in the presence of senior opposition leaders
Meira Kumar, former LS Speaker, will file her nomination papers in presence of of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and a number of opposition leaders.
Yogi Adityanath unveiled a booklet enlisting its "achievements", which the Opposition parties were quick to dismiss as "bunch of lies" compiled to "befool" the people.
The BJP today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had a "natural admiration" for each other.
A meeting of the opposition is scheduled on the morning of June 28, when the opposition parties could take a call on attending the midnight GST launch
Meira Kumar said that the presidential election should not be fought on the basis of caste and vowed to contest the polls on the plank of democratic values, inclusiveness and social justice.
Meira Kumar, the former Lok Sabha Speaker, asserted that she espouses the values of social justice, freedom of speech, inclusiveness and abolition of caste system and would fight to uphold these values.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday addressed a press conference in Lucknow after his government completed 100 days in office on Monday
Jaitley said if Jammu and Kashmir is not able to introduce GST from July 1, 2017, it may lead to many adverse impacts.
In the other tweet, Kumar asked people to follow her on her official Facebook account for updates on the presidential election. There are 313 million active Twitter users, of which 82 per cent log in through mobile phones.
While Kejriwal's tweet was retweeted by 1,705 tweeple, Mishra's jibe was retweeted by 3,500.
Sonia said that India had the distinction of being the only country in the world where people professing a number of religions lived together in an atmosphere of love and harmony.
Kumar, a former Lok Sabha Speaker, will face the NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind who has already filed his nomination papers.
Though Kovind would be meeting only with the MPs and MLAs who have pledged their loyalty with him, the NDA's presidential pick would appeal to all the members of the electoral college to support his candidature.
The 45-year-old saffron clad chief minister and his cabinet colleagues have already sought more time saying they inherited a "jungle raj" from the SP government and it would take them some time to set things in order.
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