Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress leader's remark against him showed the party's mindset and urged the electorate to respond to the Congress through their votes for the BJP.

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that BJP has always been a pro-Hindutva party, asserting that those parading their newfound Hindu piety were nothing but “clones”.

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The notable fact is that this growth was recorded under the new GST regime which was ushered in from July 1.

The ruling BJP today forged ahead of its rivals, winning 14 of the 16 mayoral seats in Uttar Pradesh where the civic bodies polls were held in three phases.

Arun Jaitley's counsel contended that irrelevant questions were being asked by the counsel for Arvind Kejriwal during his cross-examination in the Delhi High Court and sought an early hearing in the matter.

According to data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the GDP for Q2 stood at Rs 31.66 lakh crore, or a growth of 6.3 per cent.

Jaitley said if GST rates were initially fixed at lower levels, it would have had an inflationary impact on the economy.

Observing that the government has not waived any loans of big NPA defaulters, he regretted that over the last few days, a rumour is being propagated about "waiver of loans of capitalists by banks".

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan for releasing 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed from house arrest.

Without taking any names, Arun Jaitley said the Congress leadership is falling prey to the anarchist forces.

Arun Jaitley was referring to Ottavio Quattrocchi, the Italian businessman believed to be involved in the Bofors scam which came to light when Rajiv Gandhi was prime minister.

Admitting there were some technical glitches in the filing systems under the regime, Arvind Subramanian said the new system is a bit "complicated" as states have different IT systems and these issues are being addressed by the GST Council.

The ordinance to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code put in place safeguards to prevent wilful defaulters from bidding for stressed assets.

Reports citing a top CAIT official had claimed that the government could be considering the withdrawal of bank cheque book facility to boost digital transactions.

Reacting to the reports and Jaitley's reply, Congress said going by BJP's ways, 'there is obviously no ground for appeal against Amit Shah in any case but there is every ground for appeal in every other CBI case'

Declaring his support to Congress, Hardik Patel said that the party has accepted the demand of giving reservation to his community in a special category.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that while there is a continuity in the expenditure pattern of the Centre and the states, the GST was a new element in the revenue situation.

The government, Arun Jaitley said, through its interlocutor, intends to engage with all who want to talk to resolve the Kashmir issue.