In his Facebook post, Jaitley termed the impeachment motion as “wholly misconcieved”, adding that “it was poorly drafted and lacked in substance”.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said all taxpayers excluding a few exceptions like composition dealers shall file one monthly GST return in place of multiple filings currently required in a month.
The AAP leader told the court that before rendering an apology or making any other statement to Jaitley on the issue, he wishes to know whether his party leaders lied or not while issuing statements against the minister, who is a senior BJP leader.
In a Facebook post, Jaitley said an impeachment motion has to be filed in the rarest of rare cases where a "gross misconduct" has been indulged in by a delinquent judge during his tenure.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.
Using the situation to his advantage, Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched an all out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rahul accused PM Modi of destroying the banking system with his demonetisation decision.
A majority of ATMs in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have gone dry, forcing the people run from one ATM to another in search of cash.
The 65-year old Jaitley was elected recently from Uttar Pradesh and had to take oath at a special ceremony due to his health condition.
A Finance Ministry spokesperson said the oath ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. in Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu's chambers.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the finance ministers of south Indian states at a conclave at Thiruvananthapuram said that ToR was against the principles of federalism enshrined in the Constitution and also would result in revenue loss to the performing states.
Jaitley, in a tweet posted on Thursday evening, said that he was presently working from home and added that the doctors will take a call on future course of his treatment.
According to the data released by the Finance Ministry on Monday, 6.84 crore returns were filed during 2017-18, significantly higher than 5.43 crore filed in the previous fiscal.
AAP leaders had accused the BJP leader of corruption as the president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), a post he had held from 2000 to 2013.
The move by Kejriwal came as no surprise as he has already apologised to some others, including Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Congress leader Kapil Sibal's lawyer son Amit, who had filed defamation suits and complaints against him.
The written apology was tendered by Aam Aadmi Party’s Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Raghav Chaddha along with the party chief Kejriwal.
The saffron party is assured of victory in eight of the ten seats going by its dominant numbers in the state assembly along with its allies.
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