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EPF tax rollback: Stepping up pressure on the Centre over the Budget 2016 proposal to tax EPF on withdrawal, Rahul Gandhi said he will continue to fight till it rolls it back. "This Prime Minister allows thieves to turn their black money into white under the recent budget's 'fair and lovely scheme', but taxes the life-long savings of the honest salaried class," the Congress Vice President said addressing an election rally. (AP)
EPF tax rollback: Rahul Gandhi said that he would continue to fight for the salaried class and put pressure on the government which 'works for a selected group of industrialists and those with black money.' "I had said in the media and also to the Prime Minister not to tax the salaried class on their honest savings and do something about it. But in his one-hour speech in Parliament on Thursday, there was not a single mention about this," Rahul Gandhi said. (AP) -
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced relief on the issue of tax on EPF withdrawals, which was proposed in the Union Budget on February 29, 2016. As per the announcement made by Jaitley in the Lok Sabha, the common man is liable for no tax on withdrawal from EPF and other superannuation funds. (AP)
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EPF tax rollback: Attacking the Prime Minister, Gandhi accused him of playing fraud on the people by failing to fulfill his poll promises and said those who voted for him are now seeking 'refund'. "I'll continue to pressurise this government as it is not the government of the honest working class…it is not the government of poor farmers, backward classes, youths, women, dalit, adivasis and minorities," he said. (AP)
EPF tax rollback: The Congress Vice President, on a two-day visit to the state from yesterday, earlier undertook a six-km padayatra from Shahid Bhawan in Nagaon to Borghat. Rahul Gandhi said that in Parliament he had asked Modi four questions on his promises of bringing back black money and depositing Rs 15 lakh in everybody's bank account, the recent budget proposal of "turning black money to white", Rohith Vemula's suicide, Kanhaiya Kumar and JNU and finally about the number of youths employed as a result of his 'Make in India' scheme. (AP) 
EPF tax rollback: "Have I asked anything wrong? Did I say anything personal? Modiji, in his hour-long speech, instead of giving a reply to these questions, quoted former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi and launched a personal attack on me," Gandhi said at the election meeting. "The Prime Minister's post is very dignified and he should not have made personal attacks, but I did not mind. He does not give answers, but only makes promises which are hollow," he said. (AP) -
EPF tax rollback: "I told the government that they should not oppress the salaried-class. So, the rollback of the government is a good decision. I am happy that they have got some relief," Rahul Gandhi said. (AP)
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EPF tax rollback: Gandhi, quoting a story of a friend who had ordered a computer from an online shopping website but received a parcel with a log of wood inside, alleged that the country was also faced with a similar situation. "People were lured by Modi's false and hollow promises and just like my friend who is now engaged in getting the amount refunded, the people of the country are also asking for a refund," he said. (AP)
EPF tax rollback: Referring to Assam, where two-phase polls will be held on April 4 and 11, he praised Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and the people of the state for bringing back peace and development in the state during the last 15 years. "BJP under Modi believes in creating terror. In Haryana, there was peace for the last 10 years but they came to power and the state was set on fire. Wherever they go, they create tension and make people fight," Gandhi alleged. (AP) -
EPF tax rollback: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday welcomed the government's decision to rollback tax on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) withdrawals and said that it was because of his pressure that the PM Narendra Modi government provided relief to the salaried class. (AP)
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