New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- A majority of state governments have chosen to borrow Rs.97,000 crore to plug a shortfall in revenue from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rather than borrow the entire deficit of Rs.2.35 lakh crore, which may leave no choice to dissenting states but to fall in line, finance ministry officials said. Otherwise, states that have opposed the proposal would have to wait 19 months to get the money, the officials said. To be sure, most of the states that have responded are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)....