Modi pitches I-T relief to woo Delhi voters

AS CAMPAIGNING FOR elections to the Delhi Assembly entered the last lap, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday highlighted the many "benefits" of the Union Budget presented a day earlier, calling it "the most middle class-friendly Budget in the history of the country".

- SAMAN HUSAIN

Canvassing for the BJP in R K Puram, home to a large number of government employees, a day before campaigning ends, Modi focused on the tax rebate for those earning up to ₹12 lakh a year and the benefits of the 8th Pay Commission.

He said his government was working for the financial fulfillment of the middle class.

Hailing the Budget provisions for the middle class as "historic", he said, "Earlier, the middle class would lose sleep over the Budget. But this Budget has come as a relief, ensuring zero income tax for individuals earning up to ₹12 lakh."