NEW DELHI, Feb 1: Terming the Union Budget as “directionless”, the Congress on Monday said it was a case of “wrong diagnosis and prescription”, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman could have been “brave” by extending help to the poor, but chose to be “timid”.
The opposition party also said that Sitharaman’s speech was oblivious to the declining GDP and alleged that the budget was without a roadmap for accelerating growth and revival of consumer demand.
“The FM could have been brave but chose to be timid. The nation needed a bold budget and more direct transfers to the weaker sections to revive demand, restart job creation,” senior Congress leader and Deputy leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma tweeted.
Updated: Monday, February 1, 2021, 19:01 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 01: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday slammed the Budget saying it was a let down like never before and the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman deceived poor, migrants.
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Reading out a party statement, Chidambaram said Sitharaman did not mention defence at all, as if the Chinese had vacated occupied Indian territory .
She did not mention that the defence expenditure in 2021-22 will not see any significant rise, he said. The FM had promised a budget like never before . Her mandate was to present an annual statement of revenue and expenditure for 2021-22. What she did, however, was to estimate expenditure over 2 years or 3 years or 4 years or, in one case, over 5 years, he said.
Blunder of the century: Congress on FM s budget
Blunder of the century: Congress on FM s budget
Last Updated: Mon, Feb 1st, 2021, 15:21:58hrs
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday strongly criticised the Union budget, saying Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman s speech was oblivious to the declining GDP and the budget was a case of wrong diagnosis and prescription . The FM could have been brave but chose to be timid. The nation needed a bold budget and more direct transfers to the weaker sections to revive demand, restart job creation, senior Congress leader and Deputy leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma tweeted.
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1 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks at Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament in New Delhi on Monday. LSTV/PTI Photo
New Delhi, February 1
Terming the Union Budget as “directionless”, the Congress on Monday said it was a case of “wrong diagnosis and prescription”, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman could have been “brave” by extending help to the poor, but chose to be “timid”.
The opposition party also said Sitharaman’s speech was oblivious to the declining GDP and alleged that the budget was without a roadmap for accelerating growth and revival of consumer demand.
“The FM could have been brave but chose to be timid. The nation needed a bold budget and more direct transfers to the weaker sections to revive demand, restart job creation,” senior Congress leader and Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma tweeted.