No wealth tax on farm land, Chidambaram assures Bajwa

Tuesday, 30/04/2013

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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress President Partap Singh Bajwa today said that Union Finance Minister P. Chidambram has given an assurance that Wealth Tax will not be imposed on agriculture land. Bajwa along with Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and party MPs today met P Chidambram in Delhi.

Bajwa said that Union Finance Minister has also issued instructions to Income Tax department to keep in abeyance if any notices for wealth tax were issued to farmers. Bajwa thanked UPA Chair person Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Chidambram for giving much desired relief to the farming community.

He said that he had earlier met the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and FM and demanded to withdraw the proposal to impose wealth tax.Bajwa said that with the acceptance of demand of not imposing Wealth Tax, the special session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha summoned by SAD-BJP government has become redundant. He said that it was victory of Congress party that fought for the cause of farming community. At the end of the day, the state congress leadership has delivered whatever promises it made to the people of Punjab.

Bajwa further said that congress stood by the farmers in the past and will always fight for their rights. He stated that SAD had blown the whole issue out of proportion to make political capital out of it. Bajwa asked the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to discuss other important issues in the Vidhan Sabha session like deteriorating law and order situation and emergence of communal forces in Punjab.

He said that SAD-BJP government was running away from debate on issues of public interest including the unprecedented hike of 80 percent of power during last six years, imposition of property tax, the illegal mining, withdrawal of free education facility to girls, non-payment of old age and widow pensions and Shagun scheme money for the last two years.

Bajwa said that SAD was unnecessary trying to rake up the issue of Wealth Tax to divert the attention of people from other problems. He challenged the SAD-BJP government to discuss in Vidhan Sabha, the election promises made by it with the people and their implementation.

Others who accompanied Bajwa included Union minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari, Union Minister of state for External affairs Preneet Kaur, Mohinder Singh Kay Pee, Santosh Chaudhary, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Vijayinder Singla, Sukhdev Singh Libra, leader of CLP Sunil Jakhar and O.P.Soni PPCC Vice President.