The Congress vice president also attacked the Centre's ambitious start-up mission, saying there is a contradiction in pushing for start-ups and being "intolerant".
He said the RSS has a very "rigid vision" for India and that start ups require free movement of ideas.
During an interaction with management students here, Rahul accused the Modi dispensation of not taking on board the concerns of the opposition on GST.
"The day the conditions are accepted, we will pass the GST (in Parliament). It will take just 15 minutes," he said.
"We don't want a GST where there's no cap on taxes. We want a limitation on the maximum tax that can be charged. Also, dispute resolution must be fair and neutral. I don't think its wrong of us to say that," Rahul said while explaining the conditions put by Congress to back GST.
"Jaitley doesn't have to tell me GST is good.I know its good," he said.
The constitutional amendment bill to usher in the single tax regime in the country has been stuck in the Rajya Sabha where the BJP is in a minority.
Asked about the prospects of start ups, Rahul said,"The
"There's a huge contradiction in saying I want start ups but I will be intolerant," the Congress leader said.
"You will fail on the economy and start up front if you are intolerant," he said.
"Start ups require free movement of ideas. If I say you are a woman and your place is in the kitchen, I am curbing your freedom," he said.
The Congress vice president later undertook a foot march from suburban Bandra to Dharavi in the metropolis to raise the issue of electricity tariff hike, with a large number of party supporters joining his padyatra.
MRCC President Sanjay Nirupam and former MP Priya Dutt were among the Congress leaders who accompanied Gandhi during the foot march.
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