NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of distorting the Goods and Services Tax GST ) as envisioned by the former."The BJP government totally distorted the spirit behind the GST, as envisaged by the Congress. In both spirit and implementation, the end-product is drastically different from the policy that the Congress conceived," it said.The party was responding to PM Modi's remarks on Monday, calling the Congress "an equal partner" in decisions about the newly-introduced tax regime."I want to tell my friends that Congress is an equal partner in GST decisions. They should not spread lies on GST," he had said in an address to BJP workers at his 'Gujarat Gaurav Mahasammelan' in Gandhinagar.The Congress claimed that the current GST "is anything but 'One Nation, One Tax'," given the five different tax slabs.To highlight the differences between the GST it had proposed, and the one adopted by the current BJP government, it claimed that its concept of GST had tax rates capped at 18 per cent and provisions for a dispute resolution mechanism between the states and the Centre."So, in what way does Mr Modi think the Congress is an "equal partner" in GST? The GST that has been finally implemented has distorted the Congress' vision and will require many amendments to become feasible," it said.