Priyanka Gandhi slams PM Modi over remarks on inheritance tax, wealth redistribution: 'Resorting to illogical talks...'

Addressing an predetermination run rally astatine Udgir successful Maharashtra's Latur district, Priyanka claimed that alternatively of seeking votes for the enactment the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) did successful 10 years, PM Modi is resorting to “illogical talks astir a governmental party". 

"Instead of seeking votes for the enactment done successful the past 10 years, helium is resorting to illogical talks astir a governmental enactment wanting to bargain your ornaments utilizing an X-ray machine," she said.

Priyanka compared the premier curate to an uncle astatine weddings who gripes astir everything and gives sermons.

"Now, if this uncle says determination is simply a governmental enactment that volition bring an X-ray instrumentality into your house, scan each your savings, mangalsutras and gold, which volition beryllium taken and the wealthiness redistributed, you would accidental helium has mislaid it," Gandhi said.

But these are the aforesaid things Modi is putting guardant by utilizing his position, she claimed.

Earlier this week, Congress Rahul Gandhi had said those who telephone themselves "deshbhakt" were acrophobic of the "X-ray of caste census".

Taking disconnected connected the aesculapian term, PM Modi had said the Congress wants to confiscate people's jewellery and tiny savings by conducting X-ray of their properties and valuables.

"Listen with your ears wide unfastened astir the sins that the Congress has committed. I privation to enactment distant an absorbing fact. When sister Indira Gandhi passed away, determination was a instrumentality by virtuousness of which fractional information of the wealthiness utilized to spell to the government. There was a speech past that Indiraji willed her wealthiness successful her lad Rajiv Gandhi's name," the premier curate had said.

Priyanka besides claimed that unemployment is astatine its highest successful 45 years and astatine slightest 70 crore radical were without jobs, contempt which 30 lakh posts are lying vacant successful the Central authorities person not been filled successful the past 10 years. 

"If the BJP claims thing happened successful the past 70 years (under erstwhile dispensations) past fto america judge that IITs, AIIMS, large industries etc were each built now," she said, adding that the ruling enactment was "ranting" each the clip astir the Congress being astatine fault. 

Congress has fielded oculus surgeon Shivaji Kalge successful Latur (SC) Lok Sabha constituency against BJP's sitting MP Sudhakar Shrangare.

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Published: 27 Apr 2024, 09:36 PM IST