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Nitish Kumar seconds Arun Jaitley on GST push for real estate

Bihar was among the first states to have raised a demand for GST, says state CM

Nitish Kumar, Rashtrapati Bhawan, Durbar Hall
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the swearing-in ceremony of Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu in the Durbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.

Satyavrat Mishra Patna
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has endorsed Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's "push" for bringing the real-estate sector under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Nitish said Bihar was among the first states to have raised this demand at a GST Council meeting. "We have always supported the GST and other measures that targeted black money holders. In fact, Bihar was among the first states to have raised such a demand," Kumar, flanked by deputy chief minister Sushil Modi, told reporters on the sidelines of his weekly "Lok Samvad" on Monday. Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar's finance minister, is