TMC terms budget fake, anti-people
Mamata Banerjee says it’s BJP’s ploy to sell everything
In poll-bound West Bengal, the TMC, Congress and the Left Front didn’t leave any stones unturned to take a jibe at the BJP-led central government for their Union Budget 2021-2022.
Reacting to the Union Budget 2021-22 presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee termed it ‘fake’ and also that it is ‘BJP’s ploy to sell everything outside the country’.
Calling the budget ‘antipeople’, Banerjee alleged that the Centre has not brought any reform for the farmers and has also imposed cess on fuel prices.
"What kind of budget is this? Fake budget. This budget is anti-farmer, antipeople and anti-country. The BJP government has increased the price of petrol and diesel. Cess is taken away by the central government, the state government gets nothing. Farmers will be affected by this petrol and diesel price hike," said Banerjee addressing a rally in North Bengal.
She also slammed the Centre for privatising everything. "The BJP is giving jobs to a section of the people. The poor are still being deprived. BSNL, railways, Air India and PSUs have been privatised. Jobs are not secure. But state government jobs are all secure. Now, the LIC shares are also being privatised. They are even playing with the life of people," mentioned Banerjee.
Taking a jibe at the 25 thousand crore rupees allotment on repairs and building of roads from Kolkata to Siliguri, a stretch of 675 km, the TMC supremo said that the roads can be built by the state government and the central government should concentrate on giving employment.
In a scathing attack on the BJP, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury also mentioned that the BJP’s budget is ‘Sell the country budget’.
"The rights of farmers are still not addressed but on the contrary the poor are being heckled as the BJP is selling away everything. They are allocating money in keeping their probable vote banks. Since Bengal polls are nearing, they allotted a budget for the development of tea gardens and its workers," slammed Chowdhury.
The Left Front Leader Md Selim too slammed the BJPled central government for a ‘camouflaged budget’.