"We have our manifesto and works; please don’t impose 'great thoughts' on us," says Modi in reference to Inheritance Tax

While the congress denied any plan to introduce inheritance tax, the question it faced was where would the Indian government find the money for such generous welfare measures. "The ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party is clear. We go before the country with our manifesto and works. Please don’t impose their great thoughts on us," says PM Narendra Modi.

In an exclusive interview with Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, Modi said it is his responsibility to tell the people what the Opposition intends to do.

Q: Rahul Gandhi has spoken about an X-ray or socio-economic survey, along with a caste census. 

The institutional survey will look at which sections are behind and they will redistribute the wealth accordingly…

PM Modi: 

People who consider themselves political experts should ask such people that if the conditions you describe are real, then you have been in power for 50-60 years. You gave birth to this. 

"Why did you let it come to this? Secondly, X-ray means raiding every household, if any woman has hidden gold in utensils, even finding that and then redistributing it. This Maoist ideology has never helped the world. This is an entirely ‘Urban Naxal’ thought. This is why the Jamaat, which usually keeps writing, kept quiet about the manifesto even after 10 days because it will help them. They kept quiet to protect them."

"It then becomes my responsibility to awaken the country to the fact that they are planning to loot you. The next part is Dr Manmohan Singh has said clearly who has the first right to the country’s resources. They have clearly stated their intentions."

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Modi alleged the people of Karnataka are regretting voting for the Congress party during the Assembly elections held in the state last year.

"The people of Karnataka are regretting that they have committed such a big mistake by electing them (Congress)," said PM Modi. The PM was speaking in an exclusive interview to News18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, News18 Kannada Editor, Hariprasad, and News18 Lokmat Anchor Vilas Bade.

The Congress bagged 135 seats in the 224-member Assembly, and ousted the BJP from power, with the erstwhile ruling party winning in just 66 constituencies, while the Janata Dal (Secular) managed to get only 19 seats.

PM Modi, during the conversation, said that the public support for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not gone down in the state, rather it has only increased.

Network18 Exclusive: 'My responsibility to tell the truth', says PM Modi on Congress manifesto  

"The way they are flouting the Constitution, the way they are insulting Ambedkar … There is a threat to reservation for SCs and STs. Should I not inform the people of the country about this? 

I believe that it is the responsibility of all the learned people, who are rich in knowledge, who are unbiased, to educate this country, to tell it the right things," PM Modi said during the interview.  He also pointed out Congress's decision in the 1990s to classify Muslims as OBCs in Karnataka for "electoral gain".

He added that despite facing legal hurdles and public outcry, Congress persisted in its attempts, including proposing OBC quota for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh.

He emphasised that the Constitution, drafted by leaders like Nehru and Ambedkar, prohibited religious-based reservations, contrasting it with Congress's actions.

PM Modi also took a dig at chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda for his recent remarks on inheritance tax wherein he called it an "interesting idea".

"You see, when one of their greats gave an interview in America where he brought up the issue of inheritance tax, about 55 per cent tax on your property. Now I am talking about development and inheritance and they are talking of plundering that inheritance," he said.

He said that it is his responsibility to tell the people about the direction Congress intends to take the country towards.

"Now you decide whether you want to go or not. But it is my responsibility that on the basis of facts and importance, I should tell you [the truth]," he said.