Mangaluru, April 24 -- Karnataka BJP leader Ganesh Karnik has strongly criticized Sam Pitroda, the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, for advocating a US-like 'inheritance tax' in the country, saying that "he is illiterate."

"Sam Pitroda, the western-bred intellectually corrupt person, and taking lessons from him is one of the problems of Congress today," said Ganesh Karnik, senior BJP leader and election in-charge of Dakshin Kannada, who was also a former member of the Legislative Council.

He continued, "First of all, I condemn his statement on inheritance tax in Western culture. It will not be feasible, it is not practical, and it has to be condemned. India has a different legacy, India has a different legal inheritance that is...