"The party's vision committee headed by Nitin Gadkari plans to propose either abolition of income tax on the service class or give full exemption of IT on their net savings," Swamy told reporters after delivering a lecture on "Indian Economy: Present Crisis and Way Forward" here.
Due to IT people are stashing away black money abroad to evade tax, he said, adding that the committee would propose the party to put tax on people earning more than Rs 1 lakh per month, and those saving in shares, bank, stock debentures should be given full relief from IT.
On the ruckus in Lok Sabha over Telangana, he said, "Six UPA ministers were sitting in the well and made announcements. But unfortunately the Congress party had ensured no action against them... It appears that Congress aimed to win some LS seats in Telangana by passing the bill.
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