The Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the government in Rajya Sabha, calling the General Budget an “economic blunder” and terming some of its announcements as “election jumla” and a hollow documen
The Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the government in Rajya Sabha, calling the General Budget an “economic blunder” and terming some of its announcements as “election jumla” and a hollow document.
Members from the Congress, the Samajwadi Party and the JD (U) also targetted the government on the farmers front, wondering whether the government has any agricultural roadmap.
While Naresh Agrawal of the Samajwadi Party raised concern over difficulty in loans for the poor and the farmer and asked the government to clearly define the parameters of poverty, he went on to refer to the remarks of MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi that he would not say “bharat mata ki jai”. “The statements of some political leaders come that they can’t say Vande Mataram or bharat maata ki jai. Yesterday itself such a statement came.” Digressing from the issue, he also advised the government to accept the recommendations of a Parliamentary panel to increase the salary of MPs. While arguing that the government should take effective steps for population control, Aggrawal said the government should either do it through education “or should adopt the style of Sanjay Gandhi.”
On the farmers’ issue, he said, “No loan is given without giving commission. Has any action been taken against any chairman, regional managers and managers of banks.” Talking about corruption in MGNREGA, he said the government should rather withdraw it as instead of giving employment, it was encouraging corruption which has made the election of village heads an expensive affair.
Mr Aggrawal also took a jibe at the ministers saying the PM has not given the rights and directly talks to their secretaries. Pawan K. Verma (JDU) posed ten questions before the government on the Budget, including how banks that are facing bankruptcy would help debt-ridden farmers, dubbing the entire process as “double betrayal”, the government’s promise on minimum support price.
