IANS Exclusive: Sam Pitroda told IANS that he stands by his statement on inheritance tax
When asked, You have once again become the Chairman of the Overseas Congress. Have your previous statements been misinterpreted ? Was your statement regarding inheritance tax correct ? Indian Overseas Congress Chief Sam Pitroda replied that "Look, I stand by what I said. I know India—there are trolls, there are liars, and there are people paid to attack, and I take that as part of the package. I never said inheritance tax should be introduced in India. I simply mentioned that this is what happens in America, which is fine..."
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Transcript
00:00Look, I stand by what I said, but I also know that in India there are trolls, there are liars,
00:09there are people who are paid to attack, and I take that as part of the package.
00:16I never said that inheritance tax should be introduced in India, never.
00:22I said this is what happens in America, which is fine. And even if I had said, let's say,
00:33there is a system in India where there'll be debate in the parliament, there'll be discussions,
00:38and there'll be voting, and these things don't happen just because Sam Pitroda said it,
00:42or XYZ said it. Okay, so what is all this fuss? But if you want to distract,
00:52the main conversation at that time during election on employment, economy, inflation,
01:04you go after Sam Pitroda, what he said. Okay, so it's an organized attack
01:11by a bunch of people who are hired to do this on social media. I'll give you another example.
01:18You know, when I said something about,
01:25I think on Indian diversity, it was in the media for 10 days, nobody said anything.
01:32And all of a sudden, Prime Minister of India speaks. And then it becomes a big issue on
01:38national TV for 24 hours or 48 hours. To me, Prime Minister India was a troller. He trolled.
01:46Okay. Now, that's not fair. But these things happen in India. I accept it. I have no complaints.
01:54You know, what can I do? I mean, right now, there is a big message going on
02:00in social media by some lady, I don't know who she is. But somebody sent it to me and I didn't
02:05even read it. I said, it's not worth it. It's garbage. It's about deep state where Sam Pitroda
02:11is involved and the, you know, nonprofits I run. Look, I have multiple identity.
02:18I don't have one identity. Don't expect me to have one identity.
02:22I'm Sam Pitroda. I'm a father. I'm a husband. I'm a friend. I'm an engineer. I'm a scientist.
02:28I'm a businessman. I'm part, you know, into politics. Okay. I'm an author.
02:34So, I have multiple platforms to express myself. I run five nonprofits globally. That doesn't mean
02:45I'm part of a deep state. It's all bogus. It's all lies. But people do that.
02:52Okay. And they get paid to do that. So, their, you know, earning depends on it. So,
03:00they just push it and they have discussion among each other. And then, you know, hundreds of
03:05thousands of people read it and then they, you know, so my God, is this the problem? And then
03:11they want me to respond. I get a lot of calls saying, you should respond. Maybe you should
03:14file a court case. I said, look, I'm not going to get to that level. I'm not going to respond.
03:22I'm not going to file a court case. I have no time. I got other things to do. I'm not going
03:27to be dictated by what other people say. I know what I am. I know what I need to do.
03:37I don't need a label from anybody.
03:42But that's what goes on in social media today. And it's not just me,
03:46it happens to a lot of people. Okay. And all over the world, not just in India.