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Delhi Congress promises to waive off house tax if voted to power in MCD polls

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Delhi Congress promised to waiver off all pending house tax if voted to power in the upcoming Delhi civic body polls.

Abhishek Anand

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 24, 2022 02:35 IST

Congress also promised to slash the upcoming house tax to half and no house tax for villages.

By Abhishek Anand: The Delhi Congress, on Wednesday, promised to waive off all pending house tax if voted to power in the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections. The party also promised to slash the upcoming house tax to half and no house tax for villages.

President of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) Chaudhary Anil Kumar said that the house tax is a burden on the people of Delhi and it comes with too much of corruption too.

“Nearly 28 per cent of Delhi houses fall under the house tax. Only 40 per cent have paid the house tax so far. The house tax policy gives chance for corruption in MCD. We are going to waive off all the pending house taxes and will slash down the upcoming tax to fifty per cent. This way, we will not only invite more people to pay the tax but will also eradicate a major source of corruption in the department,” said Kumar.

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“There will be no house tax for the villages of Delhi. The villagers need not to pay for their ancestral property,” he added.

House tax clearance is launched every year by the MCD but it has never been completely paid by the residents. The deficit is nearly 60 per cent, which is a huge gap. The Congress claims that this gives the MCD officials to indulge in bribery.

“Our agenda is clear, we want clean and green Delhi like we had during the time of Sheila Dikshit. We will route out the corruption from the MCD and make Delhi a better place for all of us,” said Kumar.

The 250-ward MCD goes to election on December 4 and the counting of votes will take place on December 7.

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