At a public event in Surguja, Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacted to Sam Pitroda`s remarks about "inheritance tax." Modi stated, "The advisor to the royal family`s prince and the prince`s father said that more taxes should be levied on the middle class. But now, the Congress has taken it a step further by proposing an inheritance tax. They want to tax what you inherit from your parents. The property you`ve earned through your hard work may not go to your children because Congress could take it away. Congress will increase taxes while you`re alive and, once you`re gone, burden you with inheritance taxes. Those who treated the Congress party as their family property and passed it down to their children now want to deny Indians the same right to pass on their property to their children," explained Prime Minister Modi.