NEW DELHI:  Trinamool Congress will ‘boycott’ the special sitting of Parliament that the government has called to roll out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the midnight of June 30

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has said that her party has decided to "boycott" the special sitting of Parliament and called the implementation plan of GST a second "epic blunder" of the government after demonetisation. 

While there is a likelihood of other Opposition parties also taking a similar call, Banerjee in a Facebook post has made it clear that her party will not be attending the June 30 session, where President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister NarendraModi will be present.

"We are deeply concerned about GST implementation. After demonetisation this unnecessary disastrous hurry is another epic blunder of the Centre. We have been for GST from the beginning but are very worried now with the way the Central government is going ahead with the implementation," Banerjee said. 

Banerjee said: "... at least another 6 months will be necessary to notify all rules and procedures and give enough time to stakeholders, particularly the small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to successfully implement GST. Otherwise a chaotic situation may arise in our vast economy for which the Government of India will be primarily responsible." 

She announced in her post that "our parliamentary party has decided not to attend the 30th June, 2017 midnight programme at the Parliament House to celebrate GST, as a mark of protest." 

The Bengal chief minister said that repeated suggestions to take some more time to properly implement GST have "fallen in deaf ears." She said "the entire business community, especially the small and medium ones, are scared and confused. Only 60 hours are left before this ill planned launch and no one knows for sure what's happening!"