Kanpur: urges people to pay taxes to encourage development work, President of RAM Nath Kovind, while visiting his home village in Kanpur Dehat, said that he also paid 50% of his monthly salary as a income tax.
Officers and teachers got more than what he got a reduction after tax, said Kovind during the reception at the train station Jhinjhak while the train was in particular to Kanpur on Friday night.
Jhinkhak station is close to his home village parakh on the Kanpur Dayat.
“If a train doesn’t stop at a particular train station, we stop it because it’s angry and, sometimes, even burn it.
Who loses? Likewise, buses, scooters and motorbikes burned on behalf of agitation.
Now, tell me, the train belongs to who, people say it belongs to the government.
But, it is a taxpayer money.
I say this because everyone knows …
There is nothing wrong …
The President is the country who was paid highest, but he also paid Tax.
I pay Rs 2.75 lakh as tax every month.
Everyone says I get Rs 5 lakh per month, but is taxed too, “Kovind said, when the crowd cheered and clapped.
“Now tell me, how much is it left? Whatever I saved, our officials got more than that.
The teachers here, they are the most,” the President said further.
He clarifies: “I mention all this to be illustrated to you all with this tax assistance, development is being carried out.” The president began a five-day trip on June 27.
After spending two days in Kanpur and his native village Parakh at Kanpur Dayat, he reached Lucknow on Monday by the Presidential Express Train on a two-day visit.
He will laid the ground of the Grand Ambedkar warning at Lucknow on Tuesday before flying back to Delhi.