Bengaluru, Sept. 20 -- Following criticism over GST (goods and services tax) Council's decision on taxing certain essential commodities, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the next meeting of the Council meeting would discuss that issue.

He was responding to remarks by Deputy Leader of Congress in the Legislative Assembly U T Khader and the party's senior MLA R V Deshpande, who expressed concerns over bringing certain essential commodities under the GST.

"All aspects were discussed in the GST Council and a decision was arrived at unanimously. Certain things like curd. It is not taxing curd, but on branded curd and its packing. Actually, the rate has to come down, but the traders are not passing it on to the consum...