'Zero For Common Man': Opposition Calls It A Lacklustre Budget By FM Sitharaman

Rahul Gandhi had a similar concern to that of Banerjee. He wrote on Twitter, “M0di G0vernment’s Zer0 Sum Budget! Nothing for Salaried class, Middle class, The poor & deprived, Youth, Farmers, MSMEs."

(From Left) Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, And Congress MP Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Soon after the Finance Minister completed the presentation of the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2022-23, political reactions are storming in with the leaders expressing their disappointments in the Budget.

Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala wrote, “#Budget2022 subsidies deducted, Hit the poor! In FY 2021-22 and current FY 2022-23 -

• Food subsidy ₹ 2.86 lakh crore less than tax ₹ 2.06 lakh crore!
• Subsidy on farmer's fertilizers ₹ less than 1.40 lakh crores ₹ 1.05 lakh crores!
• NAREGA budget reduced from ₹ 98,000 CR to ₹ 73,000 CR!”

. #Budget2022
सब्सिडी काटी,
गरीब पर मार!

FY 2021-22 और मौजूदा FY 2022-23 में -

• फ़ूड सब्सिडी ₹2.86 लाख करोड़ से कम कर की ₹ 2.06 लाख करोड़!

• किसान की खाद पर सब्सिडी ₹1.40 लाख करोड़ से कम कर की ₹1.05 लाख करोड़!

• NAREGA का बजट ₹98,000 CR से कम कर किया ₹73,000 CR!

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) February 1, 2022

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor expressed his concern over what was left out of the budget. He was quoted as saying by news agency ANI, “Extremely disappointing, a damp squib! There seems to be absolutely nothing in this Budget. It's an astonishingly disappointing Budget. When you listen to the speech, no mention of MGNREGA, of Defence, of any other urgent priorities facing the public.”

Extremely disappointing, a damp squib! There seems to be absolutely nothing in this Budget. It's an astonishingly disappointing Budget. When you listen to the speech, no mention of MGNREGA, of Defence, of any other urgent priorities facing the public: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor pic.twitter.com/9g2cg6nz0T

— ANI (@ANI) February 1, 2022

TMC leader Derek O’Brien took to Twitter and echoed similar views to him. He wrote, “Diamonds are this government’s best friend. For the rest— farmers, middle class, daily earners, unemployed— this is a PM (Does Not) Care #Budget2022.”

Extremely disappointing, a damp squib! There seems to be absolutely nothing in this Budget. It's an astonishingly disappointing Budget. When you listen to the speech, no mention of MGNREGA, of Defence, of any other urgent priorities facing the public: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor pic.twitter.com/9g2cg6nz0T

— ANI (@ANI) February 1, 2022

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also echoed her concerns over the budget lacking in any kind of relief for the common man. Banerjee wrote, “BUDGET HAS ZERO FOR COMMON PEOPLE, WHO ARE GETTING CRUSHED BY UNEMPLOYMENT & INFLATION. GOVT IS LOST IN BIG WORDS SIGNIFYING NOTHING - A PEGASUS SPIN BUDGET.”

BUDGET HAS ZERO FOR COMMON PEOPLE, WHO ARE GETTING CRUSHED BY UNEMPLOYMENT & INFLATION. GOVT IS LOST IN BIG WORDS SIGNIFYING NOTHING - A PEGASUS SPIN BUDGET

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) February 1, 2022

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had a similar concern to that of Banerjee. Gandhi wrote on Twitter, “M0di G0vernment’s Zer0 Sum Budget! Nothing for Salaried class, Middle class, The poor & deprived, Youth, Farmers, 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

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also attacked the center calling out its double standards on climate change. He wrote, “On the one hand, the Budget talks of climate action and protecting the environment. On the other, it pushes ecologically disastrous river-linking projects. Rhetoric sounds nice. But actions matter more. On that front, the Modi govt is on a destructive path.”

M0di G0vernment’s Zer0 Sum Budget!

Nothing for
- Salaried class
- Middle class
- The poor & deprived
- Youth
- Farmers
- MSMEs

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 1, 2022