Modi's 'Over Promise, Under Delivery' Budget: Congress Leader Jairam Ramesh

The senior Congress leader also said that the actual expenditure is substantially lower than budgeted

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. ( Image Source :ANI file )

After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented Union Budget 2023-24, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh slammed the Centre by saying this is Modi’s OPUD strategy of headline management — Over Promise, Under Deliver. He also said that the actual expenditure is substantially lower than budgeted.

"Last year's Budget drew applause for allocation towards agriculture, health, education, MGNREGA & welfare of SCs. Today the reality is evident. Actual expenditure is substantially lower than budgeted. This is Modi’s OPUD strategy of headline management—Over Promise, Under Deliver," the Congress leader tweeted.

Last year's Budget drew applause for allocation towards agriculture, health, education, MGNREGA & welfare of SCs. Today the reality is evident. Actual expenditure is substantially LOWER than budgeted. This is Modi’s OPUD strategy of headline management—Over Promise, Under Deliver

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) February 1, 2023

Meanwhile, the other leaders of Congress seemed to have mixed feelings on the Union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama even as she dubbed it as the blueprint for a prosperous India. While some leaders of the party acknowledged 'some good things' about the budget, few others called it 'a drop in the ocean' for the middle class.

One among them is Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who said, there were some good things in the Budget but it lacked to answer some fundamental questions on issues such as poor rural labour, employment and inflation.

However, FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced that in the new tax regime, the Personal Income Tax rebate limit would be increased to Rs 7 lakh, which was earlier Rs 5 lakh.

Congress MP Manish Tewari has slammed the Budget announcements and said that the finance minister said nothing about the country's debt of Rupees 18 lakh crore. He said the Budget should not take the country into 'Bhootkaal'.