Congress proposes no tax for all under 35, and Modi govt looks to snuff out Nehru legacy
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Congress proposes no tax for all under 35, and Modi govt looks to snuff out Nehru legacy

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

   
File image of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi | Flickr

File image of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi | Flickr

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

A Congress tax sop for the young

The Congress appears to have found a second lease of life and as such, has begun preparing way ahead of 2019 general elections. Kumar Anshuman reports that the party is chewing on a proposal to do away with income tax for those under 35 years of age, a population demographic that the Congress believes will play a vital role in next year’s elections.

A prime minister that Pakistan may not be able to walk away from

After her autobiography stirred a controversy over its description of ex-husband Imran Khan, journalist Reham Khan reacts to the former cricketer looking all set to head the country’s highest civilian office.

Reham writes that her country may now be stuck with a prime minister with a “severe drug habit” and one “who breaks the law with impunity”.

A museum without a part of history

Jyoti Malhotra reports that the Narendra Modi government’s decision to build a Museum of Prime Ministers at Teen Murti estate in the heart of Delhi has another motive — to snuff out the legacy of the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.