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The Congress party has strongly criticised the Union budget 2021-22 saying Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech on her third budget was oblivious to the declining GDP and the budget was a case of “wrong diagnosis and prescription”.
“The FM could have been brave but chose to be timid. The nation needed a bold budget and more direct transfers to the weaker sections to revive demand, restart job creation,” senior Congress leader and Deputy leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma tweeted.
#Budget2021 is disappointing as it is without a roadmap for accelerating growth & revival of consumer demand. The FM could have been brave but chose to be timid. The nation needed a bold budget & more direct transfers to the weaker sections to revive demand, restart job creation.
— Anand Sharma (@AnandSharmaINC) February 1, 2021
The budget is “disappointing” and without a roadmap for accelerating growth and revival of consumer demand, he said. Congress spokesperson and former I& B Minister Manish Tewari also alleged that the budget was a “national monetisation plan — short hand for National Sell out” and there was “no central focus in Budget”.
“FM’s Talkthorn (sic) oblivious that growth rate of GDP is in a record 37th month decline.Worst Crisis since 1991. Except for a National Monetisation Plan – short hand for National Sell out no Central Focus in Budget. Bottom line-Will not grow economy but sell the family silver,” he tweeted.
FM’s Talkthorn oblivious that growth rate of GDP is in a record 37th month decline.Worst Crisis since 1991.
Except for a National Monetisation Plan – short hand for National Sell out no Central Focus in Budget.
Bottom line-Will not grow economy but sell the family silver.
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) February 1, 2021
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also took a dig at the Centre over the budget, saying in a tweet “this BJP government reminds me of the garage mechanic who told his client, ‘I couldn’t fix your brakes, so I made your horn louder’.”
This BJP government reminds me of the garage mechanic who told his client, “I couldn’t fix your brakes, so I made your horn louder.” #Budget2021
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) February 1, 2021
