New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday took a dig at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after the later, in her budget speech’ announced that those earning annual income up to Rs 12 lakh won’t have to income tax. Reacting to the announcement Tharoor said that for the income tax exemption, there has to be an income source as well.

Pointing out that for the benefit of income tax one would actually need jobs, he added that it is ironic that the government was announcing freebies based on state elections. The former Union Minister also observed that unemployment was not mentioned in the Finance........

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