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When Overseas Indian Congress President Sam Pitroda mentioned the ‘inheritance tax’ imposed in America, BJP left no stone unturned to exploit it in the Lok Sabha elections. On Wednesday, from Prime Minister Modi to all the big and small BJP leaders, they were seen taking on the Congress on this issue. In this matter, too, she got off the hook. The Congress said it was Pitroda’s personal statement.
However, a few hours later, Congress party leader Jairam Ramesh hit out at the BJP. The Congress leader alleged that the Modi government wanted to implement ‘inheritance tax’. Jairam Ramesh made a screenshot of a tweet made by BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya go viral. In that tweet, Malviya wrote, ‘I support Jayant Sinha’s idea of ​​taxing inherited property.’
According to Jairam Ramesh, Jayant Sinha, the then finance minister in the Modi government, said publicly that he wanted to implement inheritance tax in 2014. Not only that, it was in the BJP’s manifesto for the 1996 and 1999 Lok Sabha elections.
Jairam Ramesh also wrote in his tweet that now Malviya can delete his old tweets. Congress leader Pawan Kheda also wrote in ‘X’, now Malviya must be regretting why he didn’t delete that tweet. Youth Congress president Srinivas B also wrote, I swear to you if you delete this tweet. According to Jairam Ramesh, the word ‘redistribution’ is nowhere written in the Congress manifesto, while the word ‘redistribution’ was mentioned in the manifesto released by the BJP for the 1996 and 1999 Lok Sabha elections.
Jairam Ramesh bluntly said that Congress has no plans to implement inheritance tax. Rajiv Gandhi, when he was prime minister, abolished the estate duty in 1985. The truth is that the Modi government itself wants to do this. He put forward many arguments in favor of this statement. Jayant Sinha, who was finance minister in the Modi government, has said publicly that he wants to implement an inheritance tax in 2014. Then in 2017, there were such reports that the Modi government was going to re-introduce inheritance tax. In 2018, then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley praised the inheritance tax and said that in western countries, hospitals and educational institutions receive huge grants from such taxes. Jairam Ramesh said, such reports have also come out that the Modi government will introduce inheritance tax in the 2019 Union Budget.
The Congress leader asked PM Modi what was your party’s stand on this issue. Sam Pitroda said, there is an inheritance tax in America. Someone has a net worth of $100 million. If that person dies, only 45 percent of the property will go to his children. The rest will go to the state. That is, it is divided among the poor. This is an interesting law. He says that the wealth you created in your step and now you are leaving, you should leave your wealth to the public. Not all of it, but half, which seems appropriate to me.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked Indian Overseas Congress President Sam Pitrode and his party over the “inheritance tax” statement. Modi said, this party is trying to destroy the culture of saving for future generations. Addressing an election rally in Surguja, Chhattisgarh, the Prime Minister said – the hand (hand) of the Congress will steal the wealth accumulated by the ‘hard work’ of the people from their children. The opposition party plans to impose a “tax” on family wills. Echoing the popular tagline of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), Modi said the ‘Congress’ mantra is, ‘Robbery with life and even after life’. The Prime Minister said, Congress will impose more taxes on people even while they are alive. This will burden you with inheritance tax when you are no longer alive. Those who saw the entire Congress party as the property of their fathers and gave it to their children, now do not want Indians to give their property to their children.
