This is what Modi ji & the BJP really think of GST #GSTTamasha https://t.co/WyXMEEwOv5 — INC India (@INCIndia) 1498802581000

Modi ji how quickly you forget your own words. Why are you rolling out GST without developing the proper infrastruc… https://t.co/Fgm0V4XVn8 — INC India (@INCIndia) 1498803479000

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NEW DELHI: Hours before the Centre's grand midnight rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Congress on Friday tweeted undated clips of Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying " GST can never be successful" and implementing it is "impossible" without the requisite infrastructure."This is what Modi ji & the BJP really think of GST" is what the Congress captioned one clip.In it, Modi is seen saying: "On the question of GST, it is the BJP's view and the Gujarat government's view, from the very beginning, that GST can never be successful."Modi ji how quickly you forget your own words. Why are you rolling out GST without developing the proper infrastructure," is the caption to yet another clip, in which Modi calls the implementation of GST "impossible" without the requisite IT infrastructure.In this clip, Modi is filmed saying: "GST can never be implemented until a country-wide IT infrastructure network of taxpayers is created... (It's) impossible...because GST is designed in such a way. Impossible."The Congress said yesterday it won't attend the GST rollout event at midnight, because, among other things, it finds its present format "unacceptable", reported PTI."GST in its present format will not only ruin small and mid-size businessmen, it will also create large-scale unemployment," said Congress leader Ajay Maken in a press conference in Delhi on Thursday.Maken said the BJP-led NDA was "ill-prepared" to implement the new tax even though it was being launched "grandly".The GST Council under the chairmanship of Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has suggested the "most disappointing" and "inefficient" model of GST with a four-tier structure that is bound to "complicate", instead of simplifying taxation, Maken said."For an uncomplicated taxation system, the tax slabs under GST should not have been more than two. Many countries, such as Malaysia and Singapore, are operating under a reduced, single taxation system of GST," he added.Click here to get GST live updates