Lucknow, Sept. 21 -- Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on GST reforms "unfortunate", Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai said that he should also have spoken about the way votes are being stolen in the country.

"PM Modi should also have spoken something on the way votes are being stolen and governments are being formed. This is very unfortunate," Ajay Rai told ANI.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the implementation of the next-generation Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms from September 22, marking what he called a major step towards the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

Addressing the nation ahead of the rollout, PM Modi said the reforms would usher in a countrywide "GST Bachat Utsav," be...