The Goods and Services Tax ( GST) Constitutional amendment Bill crossed an important landmark on Thursday with Odisha becoming the 16th state to ratify the Bill, paving the way for it to get Presidential assent. Aware of the challenges that still lie ahead before the GST regime could be rolled out by April 1, 2017, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and senior bureaucrats were measured in their response. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), lest it is yet again painted as ‘ suit- boot ki sarkar’, or a government of moneybags, as Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi termed it when he criticised the government’s land Bill, was wary of extolling the virtues of the GST regime as a boon for ease of doing business. Instead, the BJP spokespersons insisted that the reform will be poor friendly since it will reduce corruption. The BJP line is consistent with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who recently implored party chief ministers, leaders and Members of Parliament to showcase the Union governm