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Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37611 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 180.255.241.116 Rating: N/A |
naa reasons naku unnayi .. pani cheyyani corrupt congi kani 1-2% extra taxes ki pani chesevallu better naku 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Sachin Legend Username: Sachin Post Number: 40722 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 166.137.244.45 Rating: |
Tilakam....ot kagaa 1% 1% ani spamming cheyyaku...already taxes tho middle clas ni kummuthondi congress ani innellu gola chesi...power ragane tax thagginchakunda unna dani paina 1% penchaaru... Swach bharath tax endi comedy... | ||
Reentry Side Hero Username: Reentry Post Number: 4414 Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 68.12.22.38 Rating: N/A |
Already petrol/diesel savings money ni pindutunnaru kada Tax avoid cheyyalsindhi Also most of tbe middle class has given up the lpg subsidy after modi called for it Chaala respect undhi modi ki middle class lo - epf tax can be avoided | ||
Chanakya Side Hero Username: Chanakya Post Number: 2804 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 198.203.175.175 Rating: N/A |
ok You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. ~Friedrich Nietzsche | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37603 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/budget-2016/common-man/Ra il-Budget-2016-Indian-Railways-to-install-17000-bio-toilets/ articleshow/51138447.cms Swacch Bharat ki manam kadutunna extra 0.5% tax ki jarugutunna development of infra! Sample! 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37602 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
ekkuva vaadinchanu .. bcoz i very well know its pointless .. will leave you with a link. bodi gundu ki bava mokalu logic meeda em matladamantaav bhayya .. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Chanakya Side Hero Username: Chanakya Post Number: 2803 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 198.203.181.181 Rating: N/A |
You ignored the other part of my post ;) Asalu ee extra little tax lo enta migultundi Govt to use in rural economy uplift? You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. ~Friedrich Nietzsche | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7556 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
Post 1990, the biggest benefactor is the middle classes. And it was possible because govts invested in universities, infrastructure and human resources instead of creating concrete rural infrastructure/// govt invested in DAMS also since independence. same way govt invested in universities which is one tenth the cost of money invested in dams and canals since independence what HUGE TAX BREAKS did middle class get ?? I don't know in FCAT FARMERS are the one who got INFINITE TAX BREAKS but middle calss never aske dto TAX the farmers they r just askig NOT TO BLEED MIDDLE CLASS which si already bleeding thanks tio UPA . | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7555 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
MODI IS NO SAINT EITHER rightly put by that inteligenec offier who said Sonia memstudhi desam ni | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7554 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
car rates oke saari 5-8% perigaayi pillal chadhuvulu year ki 30% increase minimum salaries athram saturate itu coosthe emo govt ekkada dorikkadha tax ki chance ani wiatig PF ni kooda vadhalatam ledhu asalu defaut ayina bank loans anninti emedha cBI enquiry veyyakunda jaitley and modi proetecting looters AS THAT INTELLEGENECE OFFICER SAID MODI IS NOS AINT --apt gaa ceppadu alaane Sonia ni desam ni ammesiddhi anandu how apt he is | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37601 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
Tax on EPF would not be implemented as-is. And yes, extra tax is little but precious which the middle classes will understand. A person buying a car would not be bothered by 1% more when he knows govts need to take care of all sections of society and specially when there are segments which are fighting for survival. LOL. Post 1990, the biggest benefactor is the middle classes. And it was possible because govts invested in universities, infrastructure and human resources instead of creating concrete rural infrastructure. Give me numbers for what you talk. Middle classes thrived because govts let services flourish in India by giving them huge tax breaks and all. Consider that and then talk. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7553 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
An economy that grows fast and pulls up millions of families above poverty// middle class consumption perigitehy ECONOMY BOOST ayiddhi rural people income pergaali antey MRP price increase avvali or productivity peragaali ee rendu elaagu ee 3 years lo jaragavu so finally modi ki dimputharu both rural and middle class 2019 lo BJP power loki raavali kanani MODI MATHRAM PM vaddhu also arun jaitley kooda such an ieffivcient FM with NO OUT OF BOX THINKING | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7552 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
BUSINESS PEOPLE ki chala cesaru AT TEH COST OF FARMER ee cog govts oppukunta but middle class and upper middle class ki EVEVRAU EMI CHEYA LEDHU AT ETH COST OF FARMER | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7551 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
middle calss ki emi cehya ledhu govt AT TEH COST OF FARMER from 1952 | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7550 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
middle calss ki emi cehya ledhu govt AT TEH COST OF TAX PAYER from 1952 anthaka mundhu british emi cesina valla kosame cesukunnar so it does not count 1952 tharuvatah BIG DAMS kattrau inka chala chesaru rural people kosam but the tax payers r upper middle class and some what rich super rich elaagu banks ni dobbaru anukondi | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7549 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
ee 3 years lo ENNI CHECK DAMS kadataaro enni irrigation projects complete sestharo entha agri growth rate prigiddho coosthamu gaa by the way UPA time lo periginnatha rural income BJP vallu chasteh cheya leru ultimately they lose both votes modi will make india regress bcos after modii rule for another 15 years bjp wont come in power | ||
Prouddesi Side Hero Username: Prouddesi Post Number: 5721 Registered: 09-2014 Posted From: 49.206.207.38 Rating: N/A |
adenti ...prati event(expenditure) ki tax(direct and iindreict) taxes kadutune unnar ga....inka farmers ki seyakunda middle class ki govt spl ga chesindi enti ... TDP + TRS is RULING ALLIANCE in RANGA REDDY ZILLA PARISHAD ,no permenant friends or foes,so chillax friends | ||
Chanakya Side Hero Username: Chanakya Post Number: 2802 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 198.203.177.177 Rating: |
 at one side you talk about taxing middle class to bring up rural economy - you ask middle class to be progressive yet on other hand you are inclined towards Jat reservation which is regressive. EPF represent life long savings, middle class would have undertand if you had made the extra tax look short term! Also the timing couldnt have been worse with headlines from previous week of budget read about big loan defaulters! btw by You i meant BJP You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. ~Friedrich Nietzsche | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37600 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
okka mukka ardam aithe cheppetti kottu .. economy gurinchi matladutonte .. Jats antaventi? jokes veyyaku .. i care about every rupee I earn and try not to waste anything ever. Kani what I am saying is, it is our basic social and human responsibility to pay this token tax that will help build infra. At the same time, govt is spending more on creating rural infra which will help farmers. Middle class ki from 1990-2015, govts have spent a lot at the cost of farmers. Now it is their turn to get some of the govt spending that creates basic infra like canals and check dams. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Prouddesi Side Hero Username: Prouddesi Post Number: 5719 Registered: 09-2014 Posted From: 49.206.207.38 Rating: N/A |
pelli ki country ki emanna link unda dora  TDP + TRS is RULING ALLIANCE in RANGA REDDY ZILLA PARISHAD ,no permenant friends or foes,so chillax friends | ||
Prouddesi Side Hero Username: Prouddesi Post Number: 5718 Registered: 09-2014 Posted From: 49.206.207.38 Rating: N/A |
 TDP + TRS is RULING ALLIANCE in RANGA REDDY ZILLA PARISHAD ,no permenant friends or foes,so chillax friends | ||
Prouddesi Side Hero Username: Prouddesi Post Number: 5717 Registered: 09-2014 Posted From: 49.206.207.38 Rating: N/A |
bhayya...next month telisina vallu honda city teeskutunnar...valla ex showrrom price almost 40000 perigindi...hardcore rss/bjp voters...manchi alloy wheels pettiddam anukuni ee 40000 valla re-think chestunnnad.... for u ,40000 may be simple...but not for many many tax paying indians ps: car is luxury , use govt bus antavemo...oka 2 months lone car ki 40k peragadam (adi kuda govt tax) is tooooooo much TDP + TRS is RULING ALLIANCE in RANGA REDDY ZILLA PARISHAD ,no permenant friends or foes,so chillax friends | ||
Chanakya Side Hero Username: Chanakya Post Number: 2801 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 198.203.177.177 Rating: N/A |
How will you explain to same youth, when you award reservation to Jat's which was an election promise? You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. ~Friedrich Nietzsche | ||
Telangana_dora Junior Artist Username: Telangana_dora Post Number: 800 Registered: 02-2015 Posted From: 49.204.231.19 Rating: N/A |
Pelle cheskolenodu deshannem palistadu ani prove chestunnadu..idokka term ye last next ika thatta butta sardukovalsindhe musalayana | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37599 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
We are up for the challenge of this propaganda. You can do your worst. We will do our best. We will reach out to middle class youth and explain how a 1% tax is not going to harm them in any real way, while boosting the rural economy like never before. And what are we getting in the bargain? An infra that is decent and functional. Demand that generates 1000s of new jobs. An economy that grows fast and pulls up millions of families above poverty. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Rajin Hero Username: Rajin Post Number: 10130 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 74.83.196.47 Rating: N/A |
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Prouddesi Side Hero Username: Prouddesi Post Number: 5703 Registered: 09-2014 Posted From: 49.206.207.38 Rating: N/A |
 TDP + TRS is RULING ALLIANCE in RANGA REDDY ZILLA PARISHAD ,no permenant friends or foes,so chillax friends | ||
Teluguvaadu Junior Artist Username: Teluguvaadu Post Number: 539 Registered: 11-2012 Posted From: 117.195.246.223 Rating: N/A |
Chetan Bhagat's articles and statements influenced lots of middle class youth to vote for BJP across all sections of the society. These are very important messages by neutrals, Governments - either NDA or UPA shouldn't ignore them. They just pass on the public opinion. Chetan Bhagat is the real youth icon. Either uneducated movie stars or geriatric 60+ politicians are not our youth icons. With the power of social media, youth are better informed and knowing what is what, who is what, what is the hidden agenda in the guise of 'development'. | ||
Vjawarrior Megastar Username: Vjawarrior Post Number: 23152 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 71.228.237.119 Rating: N/A |
tugoboy/attaboy confuse ayyan ley... i know u dont support ysrcp... but suit vishayamlo nee opinion tappule vayyaaa... | ||
Vjawarrior Megastar Username: Vjawarrior Post Number: 23151 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 71.228.237.119 Rating: |
asalu adi media zoom chesthene telisindi janaalaki...edo eskunnadu...daanike narcissm antaara....look at the way he is working man... this kind of weakness was exploited by congress from us...all these years... entha pani chestunnadu/entha kashtapadutunnadu/scams/corruption lekunda panichestutnnnaru andaru...adi choodakunda...bokadia suit gurinchi commu gaallu edo vaagithe ...guddigaa aam janatha follow avvadam ghoram...its very sad | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37588 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
Patel aka Lalji Badshah is a Surat diamond baron, builder, private airline and philanthropist. He made this surprise announcement at Vatsalya Gram, Vrindavan during a visit to the place on Tuesday. Say thanks. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Atta_boy Hero Username: Atta_boy Post Number: 10995 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 107.77.90.31 Rating: N/A |
Denemma... Modi fans 200 crs donation....18 crs gift which Modi donated ... Abbov.... 200 cr donation itchina maganubhavud evad ?.. I shld say thanks to him Proud that I am not a slave to any person or a party.. | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7545 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
ipuud evadu kooda aa suit theesu kovatam thappu anaam ledhu VESUKOVATAM THAPU vesukuna tharvatah donate sesadu adhe vesukokunda donate cesi unet SUPERB neat gaa battalu vesu ovacchu nothing wrong modi evsukunan mgatha clothes meedha evary anna comemnts esara ?? kanani ilanti suits mathram too much | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7544 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
bleeding ate idhi mottham 2000 rs spend cesthe andhulo 1100 rs taxes avuthunnayi middle class ki ENTERTAINMET TAX VAT PERSONAL INCOME TAX nani kalipi is this not BLEEDING | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37585 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
meeku unnapaati elite fashion sense ledu lendi Modi ki .. edo chinna oori lo puttadu .. chinnappati nunchi kadu pedarikam choosadu .. idi fashion .. idi narcissism ani telise anthati suaveness nerchukoledu .. unnanta lo neat ga vesukuntadu battalu adokkate tanu chestunna papam .. anthaku minchi arbhatalu cheyyadu .. janam ki adi ye vidham ga nu nashtam ledu .. and this is what his heart is - http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-05-23/news /50055378_1_21-lakh-girl-child-education-corpus-fund http://www.oneindia.com/ahmedabad/narendra-modi-donates-gift s-worth-rs-18-crores-for-girls-education-1406716.html Narendra Modi monogramed suit owner to donate Rs 200 crore for education of 10,000 girls http://www.india.com/news/india/narendra-modi-monogramed-sui t-owner-to-donate-rs-200-crore-for-education-of-10000-girls- 972699/ 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Telangana_dora Junior Artist Username: Telangana_dora Post Number: 799 Registered: 02-2015 Posted From: 49.204.231.19 Rating: N/A |
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hjvhrDeNuKA/UrYtCnDvRbI/A AAAAAAABQA/jZwY1PQ6Ko4/s245/bramuzica.gif | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7543 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
ilak brother nuvvu 1% ee gaa tax antunnavu kanani UPA l kodukulu already max bleed cesi vellaru middle class ni raktham vasthunna vodi meedha oka chinna debba vesina aa debba vesina vadi emedha kopamuntundhi asalu raktham theppinchindhi vere person ayina koda mottham modi govt vachaka 1.5% surcharge vesaru swacch bhaath ani oka saari kisan ani oka saari on top of that ee PF withdrawals meedha tax hope u understand | ||
Atta_boy Hero Username: Atta_boy Post Number: 10994 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 107.77.90.31 Rating: N/A |
Warrior tammud, Tdp ni comment sesthe ysrcp suppprter ani.. Yrscp ni comment sesthe tdp suppprter or trs supporter anukube mentality nundi baitiki raa.. Andaru ala slavist mentality tho undsru... 2011-2016 trs baaga sesthe 2016 elections lo trs ki vote... 2016-2021 baa sesthe tdp ki vote..gudhe vallu kuda untaru... No affiliations.. No slavery Proud that I am not a slave to any person or a party.. | ||
Telangana_dora Junior Artist Username: Telangana_dora Post Number: 798 Registered: 02-2015 Posted From: 49.204.231.19 Rating: N/A |
kiki see who is saying | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7542 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
modi aa suit vesukovadam alla writte ODI MODI nai evadu salaha icchado or eeyane vesukunando gaani COMEDY gaa undhi when some one gave it MODI adhi vesu kokunda velam vesi unte superb gaa undedhi ikkada point SUIT OST kaadhu ala mODI MODI ani suit meedha mottham raasi undatam narcissism laaga untudhi alanti suits vesukunte | ||
Atta_boy Hero Username: Atta_boy Post Number: 10993 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 71.199.198.57 Rating: N/A |
lol..neeku asal naa stand on ysrcp telsa...lol....nee routine mentality tho naa mindset decide sesesav....lol....aa dongala party ni oka maata analante kuda naa time,effort and typing waste anukunta annai nenu... ysrcp ni once tittina okate tittakapoyina okate....thiefs Proud that I am not a slave to any person or a party.. | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7541 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
When farmers are committing suicides because climate has betrayed them and is at the mercy of the nature// weather baaga lenppudu cheyya galigedhi EI LEDHU so tahst farming andhuke big econmies eppudu agr meedha ekkuva amndhi depend avva kunda mouls cestayi economies ni anthe kani ILA The glaring negative is the lack of any big idea to truly transform our economy, spur new investment, and create jobs IDHI AYITEH CORRECT 100%} PF meedha tax veyatam ghoram interest meedh amathrame tax ani bonkuthunaru TILL NOW NO CLARIFIATION in WRITTEN FORM came from govt | ||
Atta_boy Hero Username: Atta_boy Post Number: 10992 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 71.199.198.57 Rating: N/A |
lol....iche vaadiki kuda oka maata chepotchu....naaku itche badhul donate seyyandi ani....adi chesinappudu ne point valid..
mindset gurinchi nuvvu preaching aa annai....lol...comedy...putting that aside, corruption sesina seyyakapoyina, farmers ki help seyotchu....just 1 lakh may help 2 farmers and save 1 life...alochinchu... Proud that I am not a slave to any person or a party.. | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37583 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
do you have any idea how much of this "bleeding" is new? Give me figures. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Vjawarrior Megastar Username: Vjawarrior Post Number: 23148 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 153.2.247.32 Rating: |
there's a saying....telisna vadiki cheppochu....teliyani vaadiki cheppochu....telisi teliyani vaallaki i cheppalem... but here point is...someone gave modi the suit....modi donated the sud suit for an auction and money earned was donated... oka vela modi donate cheyyakapoina sare....he has done no fault....no scam /corruption done here.....mind set maarchuko tambi...ysrcp jagan ni okka maata kooda analev malli..... | ||
Atta_boy Hero Username: Atta_boy Post Number: 10991 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 71.199.198.57 Rating: N/A |
tappem undi....most important person in the nation ga....3 lakhs etti single day dress esukune badhulu....aa cost ni 75k-1lakh ki tagginchi migithadi poor farmers kosam vadochu ga....he shld be an example and then demand the same from others .... Proud that I am not a slave to any person or a party.. | ||
Bluelagoon Side Hero Username: Bluelagoon Post Number: 7540 Registered: 12-2013 Posted From: 183.82.194.189 Rating: N/A |
The glaring negative is the lack of any big idea to truly transform our economy, spur new investment, and create jobs. The government seems to have forgotten its poll promises, particularly to the educated youth of this country. The middle class, the hardworking, tax-paying millions (who ironically supported the BJP), were gouged further. As a rude shock, their pension savings would be hit with another tax. A few more surcharges and cesses, further scraping the already-taxed citizen, are also part of the budget. In other words, this was not a BJP budget. It was a UPA cut-and-paste budget. Worse, it was one of the lacklustre UPA budgets. If the BJP had been in opposition, they would have criticized this budget. They would have called it dull, boring, populist, anti-business and anti-middle class. // u should not bleed the middle classs who virtually receive zero percent support from govt they have to pay for their children fee thay have to pay for hospitals they have to pay for every thing nothing free to them unlike poor people no chnac eto rob banks like rich people baaga KUKKA DOBBULU ettav chetan bhagat | ||
Vjawarrior Megastar Username: Vjawarrior Post Number: 23147 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 153.2.247.32 Rating: N/A |
tambi..nuvvu tdp ki maatrame anti anukunna..but mareee intha ghoramaina mind set lo unnav anukolaa....god bless ammaaaa | ||
Atta_boy Hero Username: Atta_boy Post Number: 10989 Registered: 02-2014 Posted From: 107.77.90.31 Rating: |
Tilak uncle.... Modi suites ki ayye karchu tho how many farmers lives can be saved antav ? Proud that I am not a slave to any person or a party.. | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37577 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: N/A |
Ignore cheddam baba. One or two responses anthe. Just 1% extra tax ki agenda ni propagate cheyyanivvakudadu kada .. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Telugu_times Legend Username: Telugu_times Post Number: 46873 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 75.35.81.174 Rating: N/A |
ignore it Ignore spam. | ||
Tilak Legend Username: Tilak Post Number: 37574 Registered: 02-2012 Posted From: 116.51.10.61 Rating: |
Chetan Bhagat fellow. Have some consciousness alive atleast. When farmers are committing suicides because climate has betrayed them and is at the mercy of the nature, show some humanity and share your suit and boot with the less fortunate. Cut the socialism and capitalism crap. 99% National - 1% Glocal | ||
Teluguvaadu Junior Artist Username: Teluguvaadu Post Number: 536 Registered: 11-2012 Posted From: 117.195.233.105 Rating: N/A |
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The-underage-optimi st/suit-boot-sarkar-doesnt-want-rest-suited-booted/ So it is official. We are a socialist country. When the so-called rightwing and pro-business party delivers a populist budget, with an eye on the fattest vote banks (the rural poor and farmers this time), you know India is a long way from being a capitalist nation. Many experts have analysed the budget. The positives, most agree, are a certain restraint in keeping fiscal spending in check, and a push to rural infrastructure. The glaring negative is the lack of any big idea to truly transform our economy, spur new investment, and create jobs. The government seems to have forgotten its poll promises, particularly to the educated youth of this country. The middle class, the hardworking, tax-paying millions (who ironically supported the BJP), were gouged further. As a rude shock, their pension savings would be hit with another tax. A few more surcharges and cesses, further scraping the already-taxed citizen, are also part of the budget. In other words, this was not a BJP budget. It was a UPA cut-and-paste budget. Worse, it was one of the lacklustre UPA budgets. If the BJP had been in opposition, they would have criticized this budget. They would have called it dull, boring, populist, anti-business and anti-middle class. Well, such is political life. You promise voters something before the election, they vote for you, then when you don’t need them, you ignore them. This is what the Congress did. This is also what the BJP did. It is just sad the BJP did it to two of its most loyal supporters in the 2014 polls — India Inc and the youth. Why did BJP do this? It lost a few state elections. So it sat down and did the math. Farmers and poor people are more in number. So let’s go and target them this time. Let’s create the poor vs rich and poor vs middle class divide. This means let’s never talk about a good Indian budget, which is good for all, rich and ••••••••, we must always play the poor vs rich narrative, and then skin the middle class and the rich some more. Sounds familiar? Well, the Congress has done it quite successfully. Had it not been for the monumental scams, they might have still been in power. AAP is trying to do it, and is quite good at it as well. Now the BJP is trying to do it, and letting down the youth and the business community. For business is still hard in India. Just as an example, try to open a small café in Mumbai. You may be passionate about the food industry, but unless you’re passionate about hustling with the BMC and half-a-dozen other government entities for permissions, you better give up. Even if you do open that café, your middle-class customers will be taxed on the bill amount, which they will pay from their already-taxed income. Thus, they will think ten times about eating out, especially since their car runs on petrol that is taxed at over 100%, despite oil prices being at historic lows. The politician will say, but why should I care for these café owners and middle-class diners when I have millions of poor? Well, when you make business hard and meals too expensive due to taxes, there is no café. When there is no café, there are no jobs at the café. When there are no jobs at the cafe, many of the poor stay jobless. Thus, overtaxing business and middle-class consumption actually harms the poor. It, in fact, keeps them poor. What we call pro-poor in India is usually pro-poverty. Capitalism works on the premise of incentivizing private individuals to make money, and thus increase consumption and jobs. However, no political party in India believes in it, for socialism is a much easier sell. Even for a rightwing party like the BJP. They didn’t want to be tagged as a suit-boot ki sarkar. So they have joined the rest in making policies to ensure India never gets suited and booted. A rags-to-riches Indian billionaire once told me, “In India, now we are habituated to being poor.” Maybe he was right. Poverty can be addictive. Meanwhile, the youth of this country, the ones who have dreams and want India to provide them opportunities… Sorry, we are not ready yet. There’s still too many of us who believe in poverty and socialism. No neta will go against that tide, no matter what they say in their poll speeches. If you really want change, don’t just back a political leader or party. Spread the message of fair and good capitalism to the rest of the country. Until enough people are convinced, no politician will do anything about it. In the meantime, try to get a job. There aren’t going to be that many of them around in the next few years. And whether the BJP will have a job in 2019 or not, well, that’s another discussion, isn’t it? |
