New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit out at the Congress, and said the party once considered GST was impossible to implement, but the Modi government not only rolled it out successfully but is now taking it forward with second-phase reforms to ease the burden on common people.

Speaking in the press conference on Wednesday, Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Is the Congress Party demanding five per cent tax on tobacco and gutkha? Congress Party wants us to give it at 5%. Congress Party considered impossible to implement GST during their time. We have implemented and are also doing second-generation reforms under the leadership of Modi ji so that people get relief on their day-to-day items."

Sitharaman said that GST ...