There may be 1000 odd corporate honchos with big fat annual pay of Rs 2 crore and above, who are considered 'super rich' in the 'Bahi Khaata' (traditional Indian ledger book) of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, but these guys were left with a fait accompli. They need to pay as much as 42.7% tax on their earnings after the surcharge on their income was hiked in a manner that the benefits accrue only to the Central exchequer and not to the states. No grudging on this count would make a difference to the Narendra Modi Government, which is fast converting itself to the socialist format. Too much tax on super rich only bolsters this image among those who have been backing Modi despite jerks to the Indian economy, which is more in a fire-fighting mode on different frontiers - bad debts of banks, non-banking finance companies suffering payment defaults and investor distrust and agri stress.