Middle class a victim of ‘tax terrorism’: Arvind Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday described the Indian middle class as a “victim of tax terrorism”.

His statement came ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget for the financial year 2025-’26 on February 1. Polling for the Assembly elections in Delhi will be held soon after on February 5. The counting of votes will take place on February 8.

In a video message posted on social media, Kejriwal expressed concern about the plight of the middle class in Delhi and claimed that they have been overlooked between the “notebank and votebank” politics of other parties.

The Aam Aadmi Party chief also said that the middle class in India had become the “ATM of the government”.

Kejriwal claimed that over 50% of the income of a middle-class household was spent on various taxes, including income tax, Goods and Services Tax and property tax. He claimed that approximately 2.16 lakh persons left the country in 2023 alone due to this “tax terrorism”.

देश का असली सुपर पावर हमारा मिडिल क्लास है। इतिहास में पहली बार एक पार्टी मिडिल क्लास के लिए मैनिफ़ेस्टो जारी कर रही है। https://t.co/p4miJifgon

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 22, 2025

“[Some] parties have created their votebanks in the name of religion and caste and they make promises for a few udhyogpati [capitalists/industrialists]…

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