Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday criticised the Congress party's proposal for an inheritance tax, accusing them of intending to seize the property of common people.
Talking to ANI, the BJP leader said, "What Mr Sam Pitroda has said about inheritance tax is appalling that they are talking about redistribution of wealth and they are talking about inheritance tax."
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that though he has a feeling that Malviya's post supporting wealth tax will be deleted later on, he sought PM Modi's stand on the issue given that several BJP leaders have supported the idea.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami hit out at the Congress Party over the alleged aim to impose inheritance tax in the country and said that the party intends to loot the country and acquire hard-earned personal property of the public.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the Congress party as he held three public rallies on Wednesday across Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh and wrapped up the day with a mega show in Bhopal.
Karnataka BJP leader Ganesh Karnik has strongly criticized Sam Pitroda, the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, for advocating a US-like 'inheritance tax' in the country, saying that "he is illiterate."
Coming down heavily on Sam Pitroda, who heads the Congress' overseas chapter, over his alleged advocacy of 'inheritance tax' in the country on the lines of the US, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said the former articulated the ' internal strategy' of the grand old party.
"Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi both should tell us that this is India, not America. Here mother, father, grandfather and grandmother save their hard-earned money for their children. Congress wants to snatch away that property and distribute it. India's culture, life value
Coming down heavily on the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, Sam Pitroda, over his advocacy of a US-like inheritance tax in the country; Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Malook Nagar on Wednesday questioned his 'state of mind'.
Refuting Bharatiya Janata Party's claim that Congress aims to impose inheritance tax in the country, party leader Jairam Ramesh said that it was former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi who abolished the Estate Duty in 1985.
National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sudhanshu Trivedi, on Wednesday addressed a press conference and stepped up his attacks on Sam Pitroda and said that Pitroda has done such an x-ray of the manifesto, that now even Rahul Gandhi cannot say anything.
After the Congress party distanced itself from the remarks made by Sam Pitroda on the inheritance tax, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday opposition party can keep thousands of clarifications but their dubious gameplan has been disclosed by Pitroda.