NEW DELHI: In an all-out attack on Congress over Sam Pitroda‘s inheritance tax remarks, BJP and its NDA allies said this had exposed the opposition party’s “nefarious design” of taking away common people’s wealth and property.
“Pitroda has elaborated the nefarious design of Congress. We are a saving-based economy. In India, one generation (of a family) earns by doing hard work.The second generation builds on that and then the third generation gets some comfort,” BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said at a press conference.
Trivedi said Congress wanted to snatch away that happiness and peace from people. “By doing an X-ray of the Congress’s manifesto, their high tech guru Sam Pitroda has made it clear that both the lives and wealth of people of the country are in danger,” he added.
Trivedi also alleged that Congress’s manifesto was influenced by foreign forces. “Understand how big the danger is. The Communist party, a prominent constituent of INDI Alliance, says it will dismantle India’s nuclear weapons and Congress says it will take away from you the little dhan and anna (wealth and food) that you have at home,” he said.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Congress’s plan to “impose” inheritance tax was aimed at hitting the middle and aspirational classes as they would not be able to pass on their savings to their children. “If Congress comes to office, organised loot and legalised plunder will be seen in action,” she said on X.
I&B minister Anurag Thakur, while participating in a roadshow in favour of BJP candidate Madhavi Lata in Hyderabad, said, “The evil eye of Congress has fallen on public property. These people want to continue their tax collection even after your death,” he said, adding that there was a direct threat to property, children, borders and Sanatan Dharma from Congress.
Former PM H D Deve Gowda of the JD(S) said Congress wanted to turn the country upside down as they wanted power at any cost. “By speaking of wealth redistribution, Rahul Gandhi has insulted and humiliated two former PMs who brought market reforms and increased the wealth of the nation,” the former PM said as he mentioned reforms initiated by P V Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh.
Coming down heavily on Pitroda over his advocacy of inheritance tax, Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Malook Nagar said, “Is he in a sound state of mind? I don’t know. It’s hard to understand what he tries to say these days. Beyond this, I don’t wish to make any further comment.”
“Pitroda has elaborated the nefarious design of Congress. We are a saving-based economy. In India, one generation (of a family) earns by doing hard work.The second generation builds on that and then the third generation gets some comfort,” BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said at a press conference.
Trivedi said Congress wanted to snatch away that happiness and peace from people. “By doing an X-ray of the Congress’s manifesto, their high tech guru Sam Pitroda has made it clear that both the lives and wealth of people of the country are in danger,” he added.
Trivedi also alleged that Congress’s manifesto was influenced by foreign forces. “Understand how big the danger is. The Communist party, a prominent constituent of INDI Alliance, says it will dismantle India’s nuclear weapons and Congress says it will take away from you the little dhan and anna (wealth and food) that you have at home,” he said.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Congress’s plan to “impose” inheritance tax was aimed at hitting the middle and aspirational classes as they would not be able to pass on their savings to their children. “If Congress comes to office, organised loot and legalised plunder will be seen in action,” she said on X.
I&B minister Anurag Thakur, while participating in a roadshow in favour of BJP candidate Madhavi Lata in Hyderabad, said, “The evil eye of Congress has fallen on public property. These people want to continue their tax collection even after your death,” he said, adding that there was a direct threat to property, children, borders and Sanatan Dharma from Congress.
Former PM H D Deve Gowda of the JD(S) said Congress wanted to turn the country upside down as they wanted power at any cost. “By speaking of wealth redistribution, Rahul Gandhi has insulted and humiliated two former PMs who brought market reforms and increased the wealth of the nation,” the former PM said as he mentioned reforms initiated by P V Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh.
Coming down heavily on Pitroda over his advocacy of inheritance tax, Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Malook Nagar said, “Is he in a sound state of mind? I don’t know. It’s hard to understand what he tries to say these days. Beyond this, I don’t wish to make any further comment.”