New Delhi: Usually, a political party releases its election manifesto listing various administrative actions it intends to take and the promises that it will fulfil on coming to power. However, for the first time in the country, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released a ‘manifesto for the middle class’ before the February 5 Delhi assembly elections in which it promises nothing but demands from the central government. Perhaps, a new electoral beginning has been made. AAP’s logic behind the move — since the middle class is the biggest tax payer and union budget is to be declared in a week from now (on February 1st), it is only appropriate that the central government should prioritise the middle class which is burdened with “tax terrorism” and inflation. “We demand that the next Union Budget be dedicated to the middle class….the middle class is the backbone of this country, yet they have been reduced to the government’s ATM. They pay high taxes but get little in return … .The Indian middle class is a victim of tax terrorism,” said AAP Convener Arvind Kejriwal justifying his demands from the central government.

For the records, the demands made by AAP from BJP-led central government includes – Increasing tax exemption limit from the present Rs 7 lakhs to Rs 10 lakhs, scrapping GST on essential commodities, increasing education budget from 2 per cent to 10 per cent, subsides and scholarships for higher education, boosting........

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