#Union Budget 2021-22 : Congress Leaders Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor Slam The Budget

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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.

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.

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’.”