As the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley declared that they are reversing the decision of imposing 60% tax on the withdrawal from EPF contribution, Rahul Gandhi declared himself as the crusader for common man by taking the credit of this roll back decision by the government.
The Congress Vice-President stated, “I felt middle-class people were being hurt by the government, so I decided to put some pressure on the government…my pressure did work. Finally the government was forced to listen to people and roll back the patently unfair tax on EPF.”
This decision of the government was criticized a lot by the salaried people, trade unions and also from the people from political circles. After this, PM Modi directed the Finance Ministry to linger on this plan till a detailed research is done on the matter.
Rahul Gandhi tried to capitalize the moment by claiming that it was his pressure that worked on the government but Twitter has a different opinion about it….
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EPF levy is to be withdrawn on the insistence of Namo. But watch Buddhu–he will claim credit.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) March 8, 2016
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https://twitter.com/SuperGops/status/707124414605889536
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After EPF Tax, Rahul Gandhi to take credit for swach Bharat, Make In India, Skill India and Chota Bheem.
— Neeraj (@IamNeeraj_k) March 9, 2016
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Rahul Gandhi claiming credit for rollback of #EPF is comparable with Paris Hilton's claim of she inventing the term "That's Hot"
— Prakash R (@blindgaurdien16) March 8, 2016
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Rahul Gandhi told EPF tax withdraw from my pressure. Is Rahul Gandhi aware of the meaning of EPF CPF.
— Rakesh Sethi (@RakeshS50251452) March 9, 2016
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https://twitter.com/simply_paradox/status/707125949708406784
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EPF tax#ThankYouPM
If instead of EPF, Rahul Gandhi had claimed credit for Congress's misfortunes due to him..
It wud be sum good for India— Logical bakwass (@Logical_Bakwass) March 9, 2016
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We demand that EPF Tax withdrawal be named as Jawaharlal Indira Rajiv Robert Tax Exemption Yojana https://t.co/UdHiknImyz
— Sarwoke Shastry (@SarwokeShastry) March 8, 2016
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Rahul Gandhi credits self for EPF Tax roll back! #EPFRollBack #cartoon pic.twitter.com/xolX08986u
— Jackartoons (@jackartoons) March 8, 2016
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https://twitter.com/JaydevS05/status/707176841560240129
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EPF tax#ThankYouPM
I wonder why this creature Rahul Gandhi is always looking to other's credit.
He is just like my BOSS.☺— Logical bakwass (@Logical_Bakwass) March 9, 2016
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#RahulGandhi: EPF Tax rolled back bcoz of ME. There r many such cases:
– India got freedom bcoz of Charlie Chaplin
– Rome was built by DLF— @shish @rora (@ASShishism) March 8, 2016
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https://twitter.com/AsYouNotWish/status/707160141469077504
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https://twitter.com/pahaadii/status/707152224711933953
Hilarious!!
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