Fuelled by Congress Sam Pitroda's statements on inheritance tax, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the party, stating that the "dangerous intentions" of Congress are coming to the fore.
"Now it says it will impose inheritance tax," Modi said, adding that "the property you have accumulated through your hard work will not be given to your children."
"The advisor of shehzada of the shahi parivar, who was also the advisor to the shehzada's father, had said that more tax should be imposed on the middle class and those who earn by toiling hard. Now, the Congress says it will impose an inheritance tax. It will impose a tax on the assets inherited by people from their parents. Now, the panja (Congress poll symbol) will snatch the assets from your children," the Prime Minister said.
He added: "As long as you are alive, Congress will impose higher taxes. And, when you are no longer alive, it will burden you with Inheritance Tax. Those people who considered the entire Congress party as their ancestral property and handed it over to their children now do not want Indians to pass on their property to their children."
The Prime Minister, addressing a poll rally in Ambikapur, the headquarters of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh, called the Congress a "vote bank hungry" and said it wanted to implement reservation based on religion.
He took a further dig at the Congress manifesto, adding that he had warned that the Congress manifesto has the imprint of Muslim League.
"When the Constitution was being drafted, it was decided under the leadership of Babasaheb Ambedkar that there would be no reservation on the basis of religion in India," he said. "If there will be reservation then it will be for by Dalit brothers and sisters and tribal brothers and sisters," he said.
"The Congress never cared about the words of the great personalities, sanctity of the Constitution and the words of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Years ago, the Congress made an attempt to implement reservation on the basis of religion in Andhra Pradesh. Then Congress has planned to implement it in the entire country," Modi said.
The Prime Minister said the Congress wanted to change the Constitution and hand over the rights of the SCs, STs and OBCs to its vote bank. "The intention of the Congress is not good, it is not according to the Constitution, social justice and secularism. If anyone can protect your reservation, it is the BJP," Modi said.
