New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday expressed its disappointment over the Union Budget for the financial year 2022-23, terming it as the ‘Rich Budget’ and ‘Lollipop Budget’ and alleged that the government has worked for the salaried class of the country and They have been “betrayed” by not giving relief to the middle class.
Former party president Rahul Gandhi claimed that there is nothing in this budget for the salaried class, middle class, poor, farmers, youth and small businessmen. He tweeted, “There is nothing in the budget of the Modi government. There is nothing for the middle class, salaried class, poor and deprived class, youth, farmers and MSMEs.”
M0di G0vernment’s Zer0 Sum Budget!
Nothing for
– Salaried class
– Middle class
– The poor & deprived
– Youth
– Farmers
– MSMEs— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 1, 2022
Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram alleged that today’s budget speech was the most capitalist speech ever read by any finance minister and that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has mastered the jargon of capitalist economics. . Keeping the figures given in the budget and the data related to the condition of the economy, unemployment and agriculture, he alleged that the government has cut the subsidy related to every major scheme.
Chidambaram claimed that this budget has failed to address all the major challenges facing the economy. “Nothing was said in this budget speech to help the poor and those who suffered in two years through cash. Nothing was said about job creation, not a word was said about reviving small and medium industries, nothing was said about tackling malnutrition and starvation and cuts in indirect taxes, especially GST. Nothing was said about it.”
Today’s budget speech was the most capitalist speech to be ever read by an FM. The word ‘poor’ occurs only twice in para 6 & we thank FM for remembering that there are poor people in this country; people will reject this capitalist budget: former FM &Congress leader P Chidambaram pic.twitter.com/NHBTlO46Pv
— ANI (@ANI) February 1, 2022
According to Chidambaram, the Finance Minister also did not say anything about controlling inflation and giving tax relief to the middle class. He said, “The government has a huge majority and therefore it will get this budget passed in Parliament, but the people will reject this capitalist budget.”
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Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge told reporters, “The promises of the government are proving to be one lie after another. Fiscal deficit is still very high…Corporate tax reduced, but did not give relief to common people. The Finance Minister mentioned Mahabharata during the budget speech. All I would say is that this is ‘Dronacharya and Arjun’s budget’, not ‘Eklavya’s budget’.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, “India’s salaried class and middle class were expecting relief in this era of pandemic, all-round cut in wages and backbreaking inflation. The Finance Minister and the Prime Minister have once again deeply disappointed these sections with their steps related to direct taxes.
He alleged that it was a betrayal of the salaried class and the middle class. He also asked whether the government has legalized ‘crypto currency’ without bringing a bill by imposing tax on income from ‘crypto currency’. Terming the budget disappointing, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said that only frivolous things have been done in it, but no concrete steps have been taken to generate employment, strengthen the economy and take the country forward on the path of progress.
The party said on its official Twitter handle, “Salaried and middle class people were waiting that the budget would help in times of trouble, but the ‘Lollipop budget’ once again proved that ‘acche din’ in the BJP government.” Waiting for it means a waste of time.”
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented a budget of Rs 39.45 lakh crore with an aim to accelerate economic growth. In this, the allocation for affordable housing from highways has been increased to give impetus to key sectors of the economy. The finance minister has proposed to increase spending on infrastructure to generate employment and boost economic activity, but has not proposed changes in income tax slabs or tax rates. (agency)