After finding himself in the midst of a controversy through the past week over his skipping the GST Council meeting held at Lucknow on September 17, Tamil Nadu finance ministerPalanivel Thiaga Rajanseems to have bounced back in style this Sunday, with the GST Council nominating him in the Group of Ministers (GoM) formed to usher in GST System Reforms.

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The eight-member GoM for GST System Reforms will have Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar as the convenor. Besides Thiaga Rajan, the other members include Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala as well as finance ministers from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Assam among others.