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.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav pointed to the changing tone and tenor of the BJP's campaign pitch, ahead of the second phase of polling for the Lok Sabha on April 26, claiming it was a sign that the ruling party at the Centre was unnerved and had sensed defeat.
"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.
BJP Tamil Nadu Chief K Annamalai on Wednesday said that Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda's remark on the redistribution of wealth makes clear what the Congress mindset is.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that there has been no mention of the wealth redistribution in his party's manifesto adding that it is a desperate attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party to divert the attention of people as they are aware about their defeat in the Lok Sabha
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that remarks made by Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, on the inheritance tax law do not reflect the stand of the party adding that Bharatiya Janata Party is attempting to divert the attention of the public from the real
Amid a political slugfest over Congress's "wealth redistribution" poll promise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the remarks made by Congress leader Sam Pitroda on 'inheritance tax' saying that the Congress does not want the countrymen to pass on their property to their children.