Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today termed the union budget as “disappointing” only to save the throne. He said, the budget distribution is not need-based, but only to save the chair. He said the budget had pleased just two people while ignoring 140 Indians.
Talking to reporters after the presentation of the union budget by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the parliament, Kharge said, the budget has ignored all sections including the middle classes, farmers, youth, scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and others.
He also alleged that the budget has been made to appease two of the friends of the Prime Minister and it will be revealed very soon.
The Congress president said the party had expected the budget to address the long pending issues of the farmers including the legal guarantee for the MSP, subsidy on fertilisers and other things. But, he regretted not mentioning any of these things.
Kharge, who has served as the union railway minister, observed that there was nothing in the budget to address the issue of the safety of passengers. Nor was there any mention of fulfilling the vacancies pending in the railways.
Referring to frequently occurring natural disasters like devastating floods, he said, there was no provision for it. He pointed out how devastating floods had taken place in Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. He asked what special steps have been taken for it?
The Congress president alleged that the BJP government had tried to settle scores with the SC, STs and middle classes as most of them had this time voted for the INDIA bloc.
He also referred to the caste census, saying the government had not allocated any funds for this purpose. He said a mere announcement does not mean anything.
He said the budget had failed to address the issue of rising prices under which the entire country was reeling and people were suffering. He said the budget aims at pleasing just two people while ignoring and overlooking the interests of 140 crore Indians.
Referring to the UPA government’s schemes like MGNREGA, Food Security Act, Health Mission, Right to Education, Mid Day Meal Scheme, he asked the BJP
government what it had done in the last ten years.
Kharge also announced that very soon he will be revealing ten big lies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he was habitual of lying.
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