Inheritance Tax

An heiress who has denounced the absence of taxes on wealth and inheritance in Austria has given the bulk of her money, 25 million euros ($27 million), to 77 organisations, including social and climate groups, as well as prominent left-wing ones.

Senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda - whose comment last month about an inheritance tax in the United States sparked a massive fight with the BJP - has triggered another row in his attempt to make a pitch for national unity.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday likened the Congress "proposal" to impose an inheritance tax to the jizya levied on the Hindus during Aurangzeb's rule, and also accused the party of encouraging cow slaughter.

Congress's Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today said her father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, had not inherited wealth but martyrdom from his mother.

Such simplistic proposals appeal to populist sentiments without addressing the root causes of inequality.

Hitting back hard at the BJP's allegations that his party's manifesto speaks about wealth redistribution and an inheritance tax, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said that the ruling party is talking about the document even without reading it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly criticised the Congress again on its push for redistribution of wealth through measures such as inheritance tax, calling them "dangerous problems disguised as solutions."

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday jumped into the row between the BJP and the Congress over an 'inheritance tax' triggered by PM Modi's remarks about Muslims and claims of "wealth redistribution... to those who have the most children".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of insulting India's Rajas and Maharajas, but remaining silent on the atrocities committed by Nawabs, Nizams, Sultans and Badshahs for the sake of appeasement politics.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken a jibe at Sam Pitroda, who heads the Congress's overseas chapter over his remarks on inheritance tax and said that India's culture, tradition, and moral values are not of America.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Madhya Pradesh's Morena Thursday afternoon to campaign for the BJP, ripped into the Congress on the inheritance tax row, shortly before the Election Commission issued a show-cause notice to the ruling party.

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi abolished the inheritance tax after his mother Indira Gandhi's death in 1984 to save her wealth from going to the government, PM Modi said, alleging that the Congress now wants to bring back the levy.

Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda's remarks on the US's inheritance tax have sparked a political whirlpool here in India amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

After the Congress party distanced itself from the remarks made by Sam Pitroda on the inheritance tax, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday said the opposition party can issue thousands of clarifications but their dubious gameplan has bee

A huge political row has broken out over senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks on inheritance tax with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming that this was a sign that the party, if voted to power, will redistribute the wealth of Indians.

An heiress who has denounced the absence of taxes on wealth and inheritance in Austria has given the bulk of her money, 25 million euros ($27 million), to 77 organisations, including social and climate groups, as well as prominent left-wing ones.

Senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda - whose comment last month about an inheritance tax in the United States sparked a massive fight with the BJP - has triggered another row in his attempt to make a pitch for national unity.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday likened the Congress "proposal" to impose an inheritance tax to the jizya levied on the Hindus during Aurangzeb's rule, and also accused the party of encouraging cow slaughter.

Congress's Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today said her father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, had not inherited wealth but martyrdom from his mother.

Such simplistic proposals appeal to populist sentiments without addressing the root causes of inequality.

Hitting back hard at the BJP's allegations that his party's manifesto speaks about wealth redistribution and an inheritance tax, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said that the ruling party is talking about the document even without reading it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly criticised the Congress again on its push for redistribution of wealth through measures such as inheritance tax, calling them "dangerous problems disguised as solutions."

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday jumped into the row between the BJP and the Congress over an 'inheritance tax' triggered by PM Modi's remarks about Muslims and claims of "wealth redistribution... to those who have the most children".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of insulting India's Rajas and Maharajas, but remaining silent on the atrocities committed by Nawabs, Nizams, Sultans and Badshahs for the sake of appeasement politics.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken a jibe at Sam Pitroda, who heads the Congress's overseas chapter over his remarks on inheritance tax and said that India's culture, tradition, and moral values are not of America.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Madhya Pradesh's Morena Thursday afternoon to campaign for the BJP, ripped into the Congress on the inheritance tax row, shortly before the Election Commission issued a show-cause notice to the ruling party.

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi abolished the inheritance tax after his mother Indira Gandhi's death in 1984 to save her wealth from going to the government, PM Modi said, alleging that the Congress now wants to bring back the levy.

Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda's remarks on the US's inheritance tax have sparked a political whirlpool here in India amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

After the Congress party distanced itself from the remarks made by Sam Pitroda on the inheritance tax, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday said the opposition party can issue thousands of clarifications but their dubious gameplan has bee

A huge political row has broken out over senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks on inheritance tax with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming that this was a sign that the party, if voted to power, will redistribute the wealth of Indians.