Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Modi government calling the budget only to “appease allies” for “kursi bachao” plan.
“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.”
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 presentation budget, 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.”
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