With the bugle of Abki Baar 400 Paar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi with back to back campaign rallies, has also given his time to various media houses, giving interviews and clearing any ambiguities around the statements made.
PM Modi claimed that while the Congress is touting for the much debated “inheritance tax”, the Bharatiya Janata Party has no intentions to either implement or consider it.
While depicting Congress’ manifesto as the “Stamp of the Muslim League” PM Modi said that he considered it his responsibility to bring out the truth of the Congress in an ‘unbiased manner,’ based on facts.
Congress released its manifesto on April 5 for the Lok Sabha election 2024 wherein it assured economic empowerment, underlining ‘of minorities.’ Congress promised that if they come to power, banks will provide institutional credit to minorities without discrimination.
PM Modi also took it upon himself to school the media and said that he thought that the media will pick up from Congress’ manifesto and question its values, “but they just kept repeating whatever was presented by congress.“
He added,
I THOUGHT THAT THIS SEEMED TO BE A BIG SCAM OF THE ECOSYSTEM, AND I WOULD HAVE TO BRING OUT THE TRUTH. WAITED FOR 10 DAYS FOR THE NEGATIVE THINGS IN THE MANIFESTO WOULD BE BROUGHT OUT BY SOMEONE OR THE OTHER IN AN UNBIASED MANNER, WHICH WOULD’VE BEEN GOOD. I WAS FORCED TO BRING OUT THESE TRUTHS.”
During the interview, Modi indirectly referenced Sam Pitroda’s comments on inheritance tax, contrasting BJP’s focus on “development and inheritance” with Congress’s perceived emphasis on “plundering.” Pitroda had discussed inheritance tax in the US, prompting Congress to distance itself and clarify it has no intentions to implement such a tax.
Modi also reacted to Rahul Gandhi’s proposal for conducting an X-ray or a socio-economic survey to identify and redistribute wealth among different sections. He remarked, “X-ray means raiding every household. If any woman has hidden gold where she stores grains, even that will be X-rayed. The jewels will be confiscated. Land records will be scrutinized. And these will be redistributed. This Maoist ideology has never helped the world. This is an entirely ‘urban naxal’ thought.”
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