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Patna (Bihar): Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation that opposition will take away 'one of two buffalos' from people, former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav said, "will give you my camel." Notably, PM Modi has been attacking the Opposition over the idea of inheritance tax. He earlier said that if Congress and INDIA bloc come to power, they will impose inheritance tax and take away more than half of inherited property. Regarding this, he took a jibe and said, "If you have two buffaloes, the Congress will take away one if voted to power." On being asked about this allegation, Lalu Yadav told ANI, "Come and take my camel, will give you my camel." Taking his attack further, he said that if Prime Minister Modi is coming to Bihar multiple times, it means the BJP is losing. "Modi ji is coming here multiple times...it means he is finished," he said. He further exuded confidence that INDIA bloc will win the upcoming elections and form the government. "There is no competition, INDIA bloc will win everywhere," the RJD supremo said. A controversy erupted after the former Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, Sam Pitroda while emphasising the need for policy toward wealth redistribution spoke about the concept of inheritance tax prevailing in America and said that these are issues that will need to be discussed. However, the Congress party has distanced itself from the remarks and said that inheritance tax laws do not reflect the stand of the party. But, the BJP came guns blazing at the Congress party over Pitroda's remarks. Later, in another controversial remark, Pitroda said "people of the East look like the Chinese and those of the South look like Africans". It caused a major polit ...