Arun Jaitley Switches To Hindi To Trace GST Journey, Addresses President

In the middle of his address in Parliament's special midnight session to launch the flagship Goods and Services Tax, Union Minister Arun Jaitley took a detour down the memory lane; his chosen companion on this little journey - President Pranab Mukherjee. Switching from English to Hindi, Mr Jaitley said, "Mr President, this journey started 15 years ago.... (when) the NDA 1 created a committee that gave a historic report..."