Bollywood hails passage of GST Bill

Mumbai, Aug 4: Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunal Kohil have expressed their happiness over the passing of national sales tax or GST Bill.

The bill was yesterday approved by the Rajya Sabha to replace a raft of different state and local taxes with a single unified value added tax system to turn the country into world's biggest single market.

Calling the move an "awesome advancement" for the country, Shah Rukh tweeted, "Notwithstanding my limited knowledge of Financial stuff ,the #GSTBill is an awesome advancement for our country's potential. Congrats to us."

"#GSTBill is a brave revolutionary step. The most significant economic reform since 1992. Woot!" posted Ayushmann. Director Kunal wrote, "#GST finally! A welcome move."

Meanwhile, megastar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted he has no clue about the bill. "#GSTBill... debated for long, finally passed .. have no idea what it means...!! Everyone excited...," he wrote.

PTI