Chandigarh, Feb 1 (UNI) Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee President Kumari Selja said the Union Budget has dashed the hopes of the countrymen as the central government budget has disappointed every section.
The government has only taken care of its capitalist friends in this budget, but the common people have not received anything. This budget is completely hollow and anti-people. The government has implemented a conspiracy to handover government assets to its capitalist friends in this budget, she said.
In a statement here, Ms Selja said that today unemployment is at a peak, inflation is increasing continuously, economy has collapsed, farmers are on the roads and common people are upset. Amidst the failed policies of the government and the situation arising in the Corona era, people hoped that they would get great relief through this budget, but today, the countrymen are deeply disappointed by this budget.
Expressing sorrow over the neglect of Haryana in the budget, she said this budget has also dashed the hopes of the people of Haryana. The BJP-JJP government of Haryana is also responsible for this along with the Central Government, she added.
The HPCC chief said this government has been talking about doubling the income of farmers for many years, but the situation of farmers is getting worse. Today farmers are on the roads, but still there is nothing in this budget for farmers. On the contrary, the government has reduced the budget of farming by 6 per cent. The budget of Prime Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi has been reduced from Rs 75000 crore to Rs 65000 crore.
With this, she said, the budget of Market Intervention Scheme and Price Support Scheme has been reduced from Rs 2000 crore to 1500 crore. This budget is completely anti-farmer. There is nothing in this budget even for the poor class. In times of such a crisis today, it was necessary that people should get directly benefitted through a scheme like NYAY. The poor have also been ignored in this budget. There is nothing in this budget for the scheduled castes and women. No increase has been made in the defence budget, she added.
She said that today the economic condition of the country is very bad. The failed decisions of this government such as demonetisation, GST and lockdown have destroyed the economy of the country. Today, GDP is below zero and the country has the highest unemployment rate in 45 years. Even, unemployment of Haryana is highest in the whole country. Far from new jobs, millions of people have lost their jobs in the Corona period. In this budget, no steps have been taken to deal with unemployment and for ruined business.
Ms Selja said the government has implemented a conspiracy to handover government assets to its capitalist friends in this budget. This budget is absolutely dedicated to the capitalists. There is nothing for the common man in this budget. This budget only include selling of airports, roads, power transmission lines, warehouses, GAIL, IOC, HPCL's pipeline and benefiting the capitalists, she added.
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