Assembly poll results may strengthen Narendra Modi reforms

The elections results in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Kerala have raised hopes that the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be able to push through crucial reforms including GST.

“Results of the Assembly elections have streng-thened Mr Modi, who will now be able to speed up economic reforms with help of non-Congress friendly parties like AIADMK and even Trinamool Congress,” Assocham president Sunil Kanoria said on Thursday.

“The NDA government will certainly find it easier to deal with the Trinamool Congress and the AIADMK in the Rajya Sabha for passage of crucial Bills, mainly the long-pending and the most important, GST,” said Mr Kanoria.

Infact, Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her first press meet after the elections results started coming in, said that her party will support the GST Bill. “We have ideological differences with BJP but we will always support on issues that are beneficial to the people. We will support GST,” said Ms Banerjee.