Today the Congress party is on a dharna against the Budget.The Congress took a jibe at the Centre soon after the announcements,calling them nothing but a “Sarkar Bachao” Budget driven by the political compulsions for the survival of this “lame duck” government.
Taking to X, Venugopal said, “The Budget will do nothing to address inflation or solve the farmers’ crisis. It has absolutely nothing for the middle classes. Much like the 10 (previous) Budgets, this Union Budget is also far removed from the concerns of the ordinary Indian.”
“While the government has belatedly recognised that job creation isthe need of the hour, its so-called announcements are totally insincere and non-serious. They could not even properly copy from our
Nyay Patra.”
The party’s Chief Ministers — Siddaramaiah (Karnataka), Revanth Reddy (Telangana), and Sukhvinder Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh) — will not attend the Niti Aayog Governing Council meeting scheduled in the
national capital on July 27.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin too has said that hewould boycott the NITI Aayog meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27 as a mark of protest.
