Shashwat Bhandari

India used to have its own version of inheritance tax or estate duty between 1953 and 1985. The law was first introduced in 1953 and abolished in 1985 by the then Congress government under the leadership of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Earlier in an election rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said when the BJP government in Karnataka got an opportunity, it abolished the Muslim quota created by the Congress government out of the reservation for the Scheduled Castes and Tribes.

BJP's Smriti Irani is the incumbent MP from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi while Sonia Gandhi from Raebareli. However, the Congress patriarch has already moved to Rajya Sabha. In such a scenario, the 'Grand Old Party' will definitely put its best bet forward to maintain dominance in Raebareli.

BJP leader and former cabinet minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at India TV's Chunav Manch, spoke on various issues including Sam Pitroda's inheritance tax remark, Congress' manifesto, on BJP's performance in the ongoing polls among other issues.

Bansuri Swaraj, who appeared in India TV's Chunav Manch, is BJP's candidate from New Delhi constituency in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Polling in the national capital in all the seven seats will take place in the sixth phase on May 25.

BJP leader Gourav Vallabh at India TV's Chunav Manch lashed out at Sam Pitroda over his inheritance tax remarks while another Congress turncoat Rohan Gupta said that Rahul Gandhi and 2-3 advisors overpower feedback by party's ground workers.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who appeared as a guest at India TV's Chunav Manch, spoke on the low voter turnout in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, on Congress' politics of appeasement, on Uniform Civil Code among other issues.

Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw spoke at India TV's Chunav Manch and presented Modi government's report card as the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2024 are underway in the nation.

Sam Pitroda's remarks on wealth redistribution and US-like inheritance tax in India has come at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a debate on Congress' intentions to distribute Hindus wealth among infiltrators.

Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Odisha, which is having a total of 21 Lok Sabha seats, is set to vote in the last four phases on May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. Apart from Lok Sabha polls, the state will also vote for Assembly elections simultaneously.

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The country witnessed a high-pitch election battle as today was the last day of the campaign ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra among others who hled election rallies across various states.

Ladakh will vote in the fifth phase on May 20. While the BJP has announced its candidate, the Congress is yet to announce its challenger. In 2019, the saffron party claimed the election on Ladakh seat.

During the ruckus at the wedding function, one of the relatives from the groom's side was seriously injured when the bride's family forcefully tried to take away the girl.

Over 40 per cent of the posts in the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and pollution control bodies in the neighbouring states including Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh are lying vacant, according to a report by the Central Pollution Control Board.

PM Modi addressed a poll rally for the second consecutive day in Rajasthan. On Monday, he addressed a gathering in Banswara. Polling on 12 seats in the state was held in the first phase while voting on the remaining 13 will take place in the second phase on April 26.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is lodged in Tihar jail in the alleged liquor scam case. He is under judicial custody till today (April 23). Meanwhile, AAP has targeted the Centre and accused it of conspiring to kill the Delhi CM by not attending to his medical requirements.

Polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat will take place in the third phase on May 7. Jammu and Kashmir has a total of five Lok Sabha seats including Anantnag-Rajouri , Baramulla, Srinagar, Udhampur and Jammu.

Gujarat has a total of 26 Lok Sabha seats and the polling in the state is set to take place in the third phase on May 7. In the last two Lok Sabha polls, 2014 and 2019, the BJP won all the parliamentary seats in the state.

Earlier today, Delhi minister Atishi alleged that the ED 'lied' in court about consulting specialists from AIIMS over whether Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a diabetic, needs insulin. Kejriwal moved a fresh plea seeking consultation with his physician for 15 minutes every day and taking insulin.

A voter may require a change in the polling booth or constituency due to various reasons, in order to properly exercise his-her voting right. Let's take a look how one can request for changes.