'Naam bade aur darshan chhote': Cong prez Kharge's take on Budget 2023
1 min read . Updated: 01 Feb 2023, 05:38 PM IST
PremiumModi government has made life difficult for the people. The country's economy has been deeply hurt. The Modi government has done nothing except loot the country's wealth: Kharge
'Naam Bade Aur Darshan Chhote Budget' Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's fifth Union budget was only big on announcements and would be short on delivery.
Kharge accused the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the centre of making common man's life difficult.
Kharge further stated that the PM Modi led government had ‘looted’ the country. Kharge substantiated his statement by citing rising prices of flour, pulses, milk and cooking gas.
‘People are continuously losing faith in the BJP’, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said on Wednesday.
“Overall, the Modi government has made life difficult for the people. The country's economy has been deeply hurt. The Modi government has done nothing except loot the country's wealth." Kharge said.
"This budget will be called 'Naam Bade Aur Darshan Chhote Budget' (big on announcements and short on delivery)," Kharge said after the presentation of the Union Budget.
The Congress president alleged that the budget has been made with elections and not the country in mind.
"No effort has been made in this budget to find a solution to massive unemployment. Inflation is hurting every household and the common man is in trouble. There is nothing in the budget that would reduce prices of items of daily use," he said.
Kharge claimed that there is nothing in this budget for the welfare of Dalits, tribals and backward classes or to protect their rights.
"MNREGA budget reduced by ₹38,468 crore. So what will happen to the poor? There is no boost to the education and health budgets, in fact, they have been reduced.
"The anti-farmer Narendra Modi government has given nothing in the budget for farmers! It was promised to double the income of farmers in 2022. Why was it not fulfilled? Where is the MSP guarantee? The neglect of the farmers continues," he alleged.
The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha accused the Modi government has ruined the banking sector.
The fugitives looted the country and fled, he said, alleging that wilful defaulters are to the tune of ₹3 lakh crores.
There is a slippage of ₹36 lakh crores in bank NPAs. But no solution has been mentioned in the budget. Also, there is not a word on the risk posed to SBI and LIC, Kharge alleged.
