New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022, former Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav lashed out at the BJP-led Central government over the Union Budget 2022 on Tuesday, saying that the BJP has delivered another budget that "picks the pocket of the common man."
Taking to Twitter, SP Chief writes, "All the work-business has come to a standstill. Historical recession, lakhs of jobs have been lost…the income of the general public has decreased. All the savings deposited in the banks due to unemployment disease…now another BJP budget has come to cut the pockets of the people. The sorrowful era for BJP is beginning from UP! People of UP now say that they don't want BJP."
Union Budget 2022-23
The Union Cabinet adopted the Budget 2022-23 tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday.
The meeting started about 10:20 a.m., just before the Budget presentation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Railways, Communications and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, and others attended the Union Cabinet Meeting ahead of the Budget presentation in Parliament.
Sitharaman visited President Ram Nath Kovind earlier today, ahead of the Budget presentation.
She was joined by Ministers of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and Bhagwat Karad, as well as other Ministry officials.
The tablet encased in a red cover with the national emblem embossed on it replaced the 'bahi khata.'
Sitharaman presented this year's Economic Survey on Monday, centred on the topic of the "Agile approach," which anticipated India's GDP to grow by 9.2 per cent in the Fiscal Year 2021-22 and by 8-8.5 per cent in the Fiscal Year 2023, which begins on April 1.
UP Assembly Election 2022 — Polling Date, Schedule & Counting Day
The schedule for the 2022 UP Assembly Election is mentioned below with dates listed for the polls and counting of votes, according to ECI. The election will be conducted in seven phases.
- 1st Phase: Feb 10
- 2nd Phase: Feb 14
- 3rd Phase: Feb 20
- 4th Phase: Feb 23
- 5th Phase: Feb 27
- 6th Phase: March 3
- 7th Phase: March 7
- Counting Day: March 10