Congress, BJP, inheritance tax & distributive economics: Socialist India’s flirtation with bad ideas

Veteran Gandhi family aide Sam Pitroda’s praise for inheritance tax levied in the US set off a political slugfest. In Episode 1438 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how taxation in some form of estate or gift taxes was levied in India until as recently as 2016 and why doing away with it was a step in the right direction.
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[@kevindsz]

If Congress is so concerned about wealth redistribution, let them first start by redistributing the wealth of the Gandhi family and all the land of the WAQF board.

[@libshastra]

Inheritance tax is tax paid to help Gandhi family maintain it’s khandhani wealth, rights and privileges.

[@subbunittala2012]

why the f*ck i should give my hard earned money of my father to khangress and gandhis ??? that is 55 % ??? seriously .. i will vote for BJP ..!!

[@Hanamantaray]

Middle class don’t go for a long weekend trip without voting for NDA candidates, if you go for long weekend trip it will be your last happy long weekend holiday trip. Go and vote for NDA particularly middle class and Rich.

[@ChandranPrema123]

Congress voters are supporting Wealth Redistribution but completely forgetting that their wealth will also be distributed as freebies🤣

[@rahulitrc]

I just don't understand Congress and especially pappu's hate against wealth creators in our country.

[@libshastra]

Let’s achieve Congress Mukht Bharat before Congress comes with worse ideas to propagate and promote.

[@anilmenon3701]

As long the likes of Yogendra Yadav, Jairam Ramesh, and other left liberals keep advising Raoul, India will be safe with Modi.

[@dr.gamonomics2393]

If you hate bjp vote nota or don't go to vote at all.. But please for the sake of your children don't vote leftgress

[@satyasingal]

You are telling a lie SG. Manmohan Singh , at the end of his statement , declared that the Muslims have the first right on wealth of the country.

[@pradipkumardas2414]

To count down such frustrated ideas of Congress, BJP should get 400+

[@nikhiljaitly1334]

I absolutely don’t agree with you defending Manmohan Singh’s statement it’s purely Muslim oriented statement like they have passed a bill now Karnataka to include all Muslims rich or poor in OBC category so ultimately Manmohan singh meant what he said that first right of India’s resources is for Muslim … bill shit

[@RohitSingh-it1mg]

Congress’ bad ideas will ensure it is out of power for a long time now. The overt unnecessary influence of Left thinkers - resulting in dark socialist ideas - is causing the decline of what used to be a moderate centrist party encompassing all sorts of ideas. For now, Narendra Modi is indeed the best India can afford.

[@Cr00kedKnight]

It took my grandfather’s family of 9 two generations to recover after Indira Gandhi took away most of their lands during land reforms that Indira Gandhi initiated back in the 70s (I think?) with no care or consideration for the medical condition of my grand father, how many young children he had to feed etc. I have heard such horrible stories of my dad’s childhood in the aftermath. And now, inheritance tax on the wealth my dad built over 50-60 years painstakingly as a middle class income tax paying educator? Man, that is cruelty to strike twice on the same generation. Even though it won’t affect him, and he has done a good job with his children, I can imagine what must be going through minds of people who lived through that. The government robbed their wealth when they were children and now they want to rob them again of the wealth they want to pass to future generations.

[@sankalp6872]

Sam Pitroda might have done the "pind daan" of INC's 2024 campaign. Modi's had set the target of "only" "400 paar". Rahul Gandhi and Sam Pitroda have taken it upon themselves to deliver BJP a "500 paar" mandate to the BJP.

[@sayanacharya8244]

Was thinking about not voting for BJP. Now I have to think again.

[@tejamysore3699]

6:20

[@paddysubramaniam1481]

What a JOKER Rahul Gandhi is ....He wants dynastic businesses to disappear BUT wants to keep the Nehru dynasty going in politics !!!😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@varunasokkumar45]

Can’t believe Sekhar is trying to explain the stupidity utter by Rahul and Sam