In a scathing attack on the Congress party, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday, said that the grand old party was contemplating inheritance tax in order to be able to forcefully seize properties of common people and then give it to infiltrators from across borders who have no connection with India.

Lashing out at the Congress during an interaction with the media, Chief Minister Yogi said that the party, which had looted the country’s resources for 60-65 years, wanted to rob the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, the Other Backward Classes and the poor of their rights.

The chief minister further said, “The mentality of Congress towards the country and the general public during the United Progressive Alliance government was once again exposed yesterday. There were indications of all this in the Congress manifesto as well. What Sam Pitroda said yesterday had been repeatedly advocated by the then minister P Chidambaram in 2011, 2012 and 2013.”

Chief Minister Yogi held Congress’ vote bank politics responsible for the large-scale infiltrations into the North East, Assam and other parts of the country. He remarked: “They have always politicised at the expense of the nation. Inheritance tax is also part of the same agenda.”

The chief minister said that it was good that people bade farewell to the Congress in 2014, otherwise it would have implemented the inheritance tax long back, robbing people of their properties.

In response to a question, Chief Minister Yogi said that Congress’ statement was very unfortunate and that it was part of its agenda to push the country towards Islamisation and division.

He said that after the UPA government came to power, Congress made such vile attempts at that time too.

“Previously, during the UPA government, a committee headed by Justice Ranganath Mishra was formed. The Ranganath Committee in its report recommended that 6 per cent out of the 27 per cent reservation meant for the OBC category should be given to Muslims. Additionally, the committee’s report proposed that a specific segment of Muslims, those who have converted, should be included in the Dalit category and provided with the same benefits as Dalits,” Yogi added.

Chief Minister Yogi pointed out that the Bharatiya Janata Party had launched a massive movement against the move at that time. “The reports of the Justice Ranganath Mishra Committee or Sachar Committee smack of the evil intention of the Congress to encroach upon the rights of OBCs, SCs and STs,” he quipped. 

Yogi remarked further: “The Karnataka government has said that they will provide 32 per cent reservation to Muslims. These things reveal the truth. Even the Congress candidates are supporting Sam Pitroda’s statements. These things show that their intentions are not good towards the country. They want to deprive people of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Classes of their constitutional rights.”

He urged the people to be vigilant towards them. “Judicious use of democratic rights is needed to foil the conspiracies of the Congress and Indi Alliance,” he asserted.