India, Feb. 19 -- Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday met traders of small and medium-sized businesses from various parts of the country over lunch and discussed implementation of the Goods and Services Tax along with a host of other issues.

The interaction was part of Gandhi's outreach initiative 'Apni Baat Rahul ke saath' ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. He started the outreach earlier this month when he met a group of seven youngsters from Delhi, Assam, Maharashtra, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. As continuation of the initiative, Gandhi met the traders at Andhra Bhavan.

According to sources, the traders discussed problems related to GST with Gandhi, who assured them that in states where there is a Congress government, their concerns wi...