Priyanka criticizes PM over statements on inheritance tax, wealth redistribution
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for attacking her party over inheritance tax and wealth redistribution and said these assumptions are illogical, news agency PTI reported.
Addressing a rally for Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Udgir in Latur district, he claimed that unemployment is at its highest level in 45 years and 70 crore people are unemployed, yet 30 lakh vacant posts in the central government have not been filled in the last ten years. Are. year, PTI reports.
“If the BJP claims that nothing happened in the last 70 years (under the previous government), then we should believe that IITs, AIIMS, big industries etc have been built now,” he said. According to PTI report, Congress is at fault.
Taking aim at the NDA government, he said that in every marriage there is an uncle who expresses concern and preaches on everything.
“Now, if this uncle says that there is a political party that will bring an It has been lost, Gandhi said, according to PTI report.
But these are the same things that Modi is putting forward by using his position, he claimed.
Earlier this week, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi had said that those who call themselves “patriots” are afraid of the “X-ray of caste census”.
According to the PTI report, taking aim at the medical term, PM Modi had said that Congress wants to confiscate people’s jewelery and small savings by getting their properties and valuables X-rayed.
“Listen with open ears to the sins that the Congress has committed. I want to bring forward an interesting fact. When sister Indira Gandhi passed away, there was a law under which half of the property went to the Congress. At that time such There was talk that Indiraji had transferred her property in the name of her son Rajiv Gandhi,” the Prime Minister had said, according to a PTI report.
Speaking in Latur at a Lok Sabha election 2024 rally, Priyanka Gandhi said the country has seen great Prime Ministers like Atal Bihari Vajpayee from the Congress as well as other parties, but “he (Modi) has reduced their stature.” Prime Minister this is the following”.
According to the PTI report, he claimed, “Instead of seeking votes for the work done in the last 10 years, he is resorting to illogical talks about a political party which can scan your jewelery using an X-ray machine. Wants to steal.”
Taking aim at the BJP over the electoral bond scheme, Gandhi alleged that people who donated money to the ruling party were first raided by central investigative agencies, PTI reported.
Gandhi further alleged that these raids stopped after money came in the form of electoral bonds from these companies.
The AICC general secretary also said that GST (Goods and Services Tax) has been imposed on every farm equipment and promised to abolish it once Congress comes to power.
Gandhi alleged that democracy was being weakened while MLAs were being bought, governments were being toppled and parties were being divided in Maharashtra, PTI reported.
“There is no bigger crime than what is happening to democracy,” he said.
Congress has fielded eye surgeon Shivaji Kalge against sitting BJP MP Sudhakar Shringare in Latur (SC) Lok Sabha constituency.
(With inputs from PTI)