The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre and said the Union Budget reflected the fiscal and political bankruptcy of the regime.
In a social media post, the party dismissed the term ‘Union Budget 2024’, renaming it as the ‘Andhra-Bihar Budget’.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dubbed the Union Budget 2024-25 as “politically biased and anti-poor” and slammed the Centre for “depriving” the state.
“Bengal has been completely deprived in this Union budget. This doesn’t look into the interest of the poor. The budget is politically biased. This is directionless and has no vision. It is only to serve a political mission,” she told the media on the state assembly premises.
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee told the media in New Delhi that “the net result is zero because Bengal has been constantly tortured and deprived. You have seen how Bengal has been consistently deprived by this BJP government. Has there been a positive outcome of 12 BJP MPs elected from Bengal?,” Banerjee said outside the Parliament complex.
Recalling Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s words “Jo Hamare Sath, Hum Unke Saath,” (We will be on the side of those who support us), the Diamond Harbour MP said, “What he said has been proved today. Just to save their government, they have allocated special packages to Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. We don’t have any problem with any state getting any allocation, but why should Bengal be deprived?”, he said.
“This BUDGET is a complete failure with ZERO WARRANTY, presented by a FAILED FINANCE MINISTER OF A FAILED GOVERNMENT. Instead of tackling urgent issues like unemployment, rising prices and growing inflation, the BJP has crafted a budget to bribe its coalition partners and buy time before the government IMPLODES!,” Banerjee later posted on X.
Senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh in a post on X said, “This budget should not be labeled as a union budget. It is a budget to keep Andhra Pradesh and Bihar happy. To save one’s chair and keeping some others in good humour.”
Ghosh emphasised that the Budget failed to address the nation’s core issues and merely manipulated statistics and rhetoric.
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