Oppn decries budget, calls it anti-common man
LUCKNOW: Opposition parties have hit out at the BJP government over the Union budget with both the top regional parties in the state--Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) launching scathing attacks.
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, in a tweet in Hindi, said: “Works and business ruined...the historic economic slowdown gobbled jobs of lakhs of people...income of general public reduced...and the people forced to exhaust all their savings and bank funds in joblessness and diseases...and now here we have a BJP budget to ‘pickpocket’ people...the end of the sad era of BJP in UP has begun...UP kahey aaj, nahin chahiye BhaJaPa (Today UP says, don’t want the BJP).”
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said the Union budget has been brought to “woo the public with new promises” and alleged that the Centre has forgotten to implement its old announcements. In a series of tweets in Hindi, Mayawati said, “The Union budget presented in Parliament today has been brought to woo the public with new promises, while the implementation of the past promises and old announcements have been forgotten... Why is the Centre free from worries of poverty, unemployment, inflation and suicides by farmers? The central government is patting its back. The tax burden has made the life of the people miserable,” she said. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) said that the budget ignored the common man and farmers. “The Budget has nothing for the common man, farmers, middle class, salaried class as well as youth,” RLD spokesman Anil Dubey said in a statement.
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSP-L) chief Shivpal
...here we have a BJP budget to ‘pickpocket’ people...the end of the sad era of BJP in UP has begun AKHILESH YADAV, Samajwadi Party president
...it would be better if the Centre reduces the despair among people due to inflation and insecurity
MAYAWATI,
BSP Chief
Yadav on indigenous microblogging site, Koo said: “Farmers are disappointed over the budget. They anticipated a hike in Kisaan Samaan Nidhi but got nothing.
Communist Party of India (CPI) secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said: “The Union budget will bring grief to people. It gives no relief to either rural India or the general public.”