‘Won’t raise income tax’: Rahul Gandhi defends NYAY with a jab on PM Modi

At an election rally in Kerala, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said PM Modi’s claim that middle class will be taxed to fund NYAY is wrong.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is misleading the middle class over his party’s poll promise of providing cash support to the poor families. Gandhi said if the Congress is voted to power, it will not hike the income tax rates to fund the minimum income guarantee scheme.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressing an election rally ahead of second phase of the Lok Sabha polls. (AFP)

Gandhi, who was addressing an election rally in Kerala, said, “Mr Narendra Modi says that the money for the NYAY scheme is going to come from the middle class. But I want to make it clear to the middle class of Kerala and the country, you are the engine of India’s growth. We are not going to take a single rupee from the pocket of middle class. The income taxes will not be raised at all.”