Opposition leader Tikaram Jully stated in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly that the interim budget represents the end of the Central Government. He remarked that just as a fading lamp gives off bright light before extinguishing, similarly, this budget has shown the public a glimpse of hope for 2047, but it has failed to provide any relief.
He emphasized that the lack of relief measures indicates the departure of the Central Government. Jully referred to this as a customary ritual of the Central Government. He criticised Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 58-minute interim budget speech, calling it a political speech, and stated that the Central Government has shattered the public’s budget expectations.
Interim budget introduced keeping Lok Sabha polls in view: Dangi
Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Dangi remarked that the Central Government introduced the interim budget keeping in mind the Lok Sabha elections. He criticised the budget for not providing any relief to farmers, women, youth, job sectors, middle class, or any other section of society, and for lacking effective provisions to control inflation.
Dangi stated that this interim budget is neither in the interest of the country nor in the interest of Rajasthan, and it will adversely affect the country’s economy.
Budget disappoints the common people: Pilot
Former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot described the interim budget as pessimistic and disappointing. He mentioned that apart from glorifying the achievements of the BJP government over the past 10 years, nothing new has been proposed in this budget.
Pilot highlighted that while the Finance Minister claimed to lift 25 crore people out of poverty in her budget speech, it was not clear if this figure included the 14 crore poor people during the tenure of the UPA government.
