Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly Polls 2014: India Inc hails BJP's performance

NEW DELHI: India Inc today hailed the good show by BJP in Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls hoping that it will give further impetus to the Modi government to push ahead with key economic reforms, including Goods and Services Tax (GST).

It also hoped that the new governments in the respective states would meet all the legitimate aspirations of their people with good governance.

"Haryana elections were highly inclusive....The results are true representation of masses. This shows decisive public sentiment for effective governance and growth aspirations of Haryana," Rattan Kapur, Chairman, CII Haryana State Council and Managing Director, Mark Exhaust Systems Ltd, said.

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Sharad Jaipuria congratulated BJP for getting majority on its own in Haryana and emerging as the largest party in Maharashtra and said that development should would follow to ameliorate the lot of the people in the two states.

The industry chamber hoped that the new governments in the respective states would meet all the legitimate aspirations of their people with good governance, involving minimum intervention of polity and bureaucracy in the routine affairs with utmost transparency and effectiveness.

"In addition, the chamber anticipates that among the priorities of the new governments, the states' industrialisation would be one of the leading concerns to ensure that growth visits them for employment and demand generation for the produce of all segments of industry with foolproof law and order situation in place," PHD Chamber said.