NEW DELHI: The third day of the Budget session is set for a massive showdown as the opposition INDIA bloc MPs have decided to protest in Parliament in the backdrop of the Union Budget, which they have called “discriminatory”.
Union Budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharam for the seventh consecutive time on Tuesday drew opposition’s flak on all fronts as the leaders alleged the NDA government of favouring key allies Andhra Pradesh & Bihar over other states.
Reacting to the Union Budget, leader of the opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi called it a “Kursi Bachao Budget” (save chair budget), in an apparent dig at the central government that stays in power with support of Nitish Kumar’s 12 JD(U) MPs and Chandrababu Naidu’s 16 TDP MPs.
“‘Kursi Bachao’ Budget. Appease Allies: Hollow promises to them at the cost of other states. Appease Cronies: Benefits to AA with no relief for the common Indian. Copy and Paste: Congress manifesto and previous budgets,” Rahul Gandhi posted on X.
Congress also alleged that several announcements in the Budget were copy-pasted from the party’s 2024 manifesto.
Senior P Chidambaram took a swipe at the government and said he is glad that finance minister Sitharaman has read the Congress 2024 manifesto after the Lok Sabha poll results. In a post on X, Chidambaram said, “I am glad to know that the Hon’ble FM has read the Congress Manifesto LS 2024 after the election results. I am happy she has virtually adopted the Employment-linked incentive (ELI) outlined on page 30 of the Congress Manifesto.”
“I am also happy that she has introduced the Apprenticeship scheme along with an allowance to every apprentice spelt out on page 11 of the Congress Manifesto. I wish the FM had copied some other ideas in the Congress Manifesto. I shall shortly list the missed opportunities,” the former finance minister said.
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress hit out at the government calling it “Andhra-Bihar Budget!”. The party called the Union Budget the chance of saving the power. “Kursi bachane ki akhri prayas!” it 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!” TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee said.
“There is an English proverb which says that the tail wags the dog, and that’s the political message of this Budget,” Congress leader Manish Tiwari said. “It has political compulsions written all over it,” he added.
Post the budget presentation, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said, “I think this budget should be called ‘PM Sarkaar Bachao Yojana’ because they have realised if they want to save this Govt for the next 5 years, they would need their alliance partners to be happy. After denying a special status to Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, they have given them funds. Maharashtra continues to be ignored by the Centre.”
After the Budget, Tamil Nadu CM announced that he would boycott the NITI Aayog meeting convened by PM Narendra Modi. The chief minister said that his move is aimed at condemning the Union Budget, which he claimed “ignored” the southern state and as a response, he said that DMK MPs will stage a protest on July 24.
Stalin also argued that the central government “boycotted Tamil Nadu” in the UnionBudget, according to news agency PTI.
Union Budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharam for the seventh consecutive time on Tuesday drew opposition’s flak on all fronts as the leaders alleged the NDA government of favouring key allies Andhra Pradesh & Bihar over other states.
Reacting to the Union Budget, leader of the opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi called it a “Kursi Bachao Budget” (save chair budget), in an apparent dig at the central government that stays in power with support of Nitish Kumar’s 12 JD(U) MPs and Chandrababu Naidu’s 16 TDP MPs.
“‘Kursi Bachao’ Budget. Appease Allies: Hollow promises to them at the cost of other states. Appease Cronies: Benefits to AA with no relief for the common Indian. Copy and Paste: Congress manifesto and previous budgets,” Rahul Gandhi posted on X.
Congress also alleged that several announcements in the Budget were copy-pasted from the party’s 2024 manifesto.
Senior P Chidambaram took a swipe at the government and said he is glad that finance minister Sitharaman has read the Congress 2024 manifesto after the Lok Sabha poll results. In a post on X, Chidambaram said, “I am glad to know that the Hon’ble FM has read the Congress Manifesto LS 2024 after the election results. I am happy she has virtually adopted the Employment-linked incentive (ELI) outlined on page 30 of the Congress Manifesto.”
“I am also happy that she has introduced the Apprenticeship scheme along with an allowance to every apprentice spelt out on page 11 of the Congress Manifesto. I wish the FM had copied some other ideas in the Congress Manifesto. I shall shortly list the missed opportunities,” the former finance minister said.
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress hit out at the government calling it “Andhra-Bihar Budget!”. The party called the Union Budget the chance of saving the power. “Kursi bachane ki akhri prayas!” it 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!” TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee said.
“There is an English proverb which says that the tail wags the dog, and that’s the political message of this Budget,” Congress leader Manish Tiwari said. “It has political compulsions written all over it,” he added.
Post the budget presentation, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said, “I think this budget should be called ‘PM Sarkaar Bachao Yojana’ because they have realised if they want to save this Govt for the next 5 years, they would need their alliance partners to be happy. After denying a special status to Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, they have given them funds. Maharashtra continues to be ignored by the Centre.”
After the Budget, Tamil Nadu CM announced that he would boycott the NITI Aayog meeting convened by PM Narendra Modi. The chief minister said that his move is aimed at condemning the Union Budget, which he claimed “ignored” the southern state and as a response, he said that DMK MPs will stage a protest on July 24.
Stalin also argued that the central government “boycotted Tamil Nadu” in the UnionBudget, according to news agency PTI.