Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked it up along the road, dressed it up and made it look bad, and presented it to the public as a false notion supported by the Congress. Despite the fact that the Congress manifesto has no concrete recommendations or mention of wealth or resource redistribution, Modi and the BJP have attacked the party, arguing that it does in fact call for the seizure and redistribution of Indians’ wealth.
When senior Congress adviser Sam Pitroda brought up the subject of inheritance taxes in the US during an interview, the situation escalated. The Prime Minister’s statement that “they will not spare even women’s gold and mangalsutras” added an emotive edge to the concept, attempting to depict the Congress as a monster that would seize people’s money and treasures for redistribution.
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All of this was greatly distorted, not merely exaggerated, as a result of misinterpreting statements made by Rahul Gandhi in Hyderabad regarding conducting a study of wealth in India and implementing “revolutionary measures” to lessen economic inequality in the country.Election campaigns are now used as a means of fabricating, distorting, or trivialising concerns.
More common sense, rationality, decency, and regard for scruples are required in politics and in polling campaigns. Whether the Congress mentioned it or not, wealth redistribution is a legitimate goal in any society and should be of concern for the government itself in our highly unequal society. This brings us to the substantive issue of rising inequality and ways and methods to reduce it in order to ensure a stable and peaceful society.In fact, Modi has said and done it himself on occasion during election campaigns.
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For example, he pledged to seize all black money held by wealthy Indians overseas and give it to all citizens, even guaranteeing that each person would receive Rs 15 lakh in their bank account. He also carried out the harsh demonetisation scheme. Did he not, during his first term, call on middle-class individuals to forfeit the LPG subsidy they had up until that point in order to provide subsidised cylinders to those in need? Was that not a redistribution method?
However, his government is also accused of carrying out a massive “reverse redistribution,” which involves taking money away from the middle class and the poor and giving it to the rich. This has been done by lowering corporate taxes, raising fuel prices, imposing high taxes, and enacting the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which is paid equally by the rich and the poor. It is the duty of governments to lessen social inequality, and this is the purpose of all taxes. Instead of divisive campaign rhetoric, we need a rational discussion on this matter.
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