Last Updated on 24/07/2024 by wccexam Desk
On the third day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, when the proceedings of the House began, the MPs of the INDIA Block protested by making the budget an issue. The leaders of the opposition parties termed the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday as ‘discriminatory’. The opposition parties created a ruckus in the Parliament by making the budget an issue and accused the budget of discriminating against the states.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge called the budget a ‘misleading’ budget and said, “We are fighting for justice. The budget has only served the interests of BJP allies. This budget is only to satisfy its allies, nothing has been given to anyone.”
Opposition MPs walked out of the Rajya Sabha saying that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech did not even mention non-BJP ruled states.
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Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “I did not mention Maharashtra, but we have approved a port in the state. It is worth Rs 76,000 crore.”
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded to criticism by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, saying, “In every budget, you do not get time to name every state in the country.”
He said that the cabinet had decided to build a port at Vadavan but Maharashtra was not mentioned in the budget yesterday. Does this mean that Maharashtra feels neglected? If a particular state is named in the speech, does it mean that those states do not get the Government of India’s programs? This is a deliberate attempt by the Congress-led opposition to make people feel that nothing has been given to our states. This is an insulting allegation.
The Finance Minister questioned whether the Congress Finance Ministers mentioned the names of all the states during their budget speeches.
Pointing towards the Trinamool Congress members, Nirmala Sitharaman said, ‘Now you have the guts to ask me?’ She hit back saying that many schemes brought by the Centre have not been implemented by the Bengal government in the last ten years.
On the Union Budget, SP MP Akhilesh Yadav said, “We were all demanding that farmers get MSP, but the support price is not being given to the farmers but to the coalition partners who are saving their government. The government could not take any concrete steps regarding inflation. Uttar Pradesh got nothing. UP should have got double benefit from the double engine government. I think the people of Lucknow have angered the people of Delhi. Its result is visible in the budget. So what is the benefit of the double engine?”
On the Union Budget, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, “There is very little in it for most states. Kerala had some expectations, especially in the health sector, but they were not all fulfilled. Every state has its own issues to highlight.”