Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil Termed Budget 2022-23 as “Not a common man Budget” with no provisions for youth or farmers & accused the government of betraying the salaried & middle classes by not announcing any relief measures for them as India’s salaried class and middle class were hoping for relief in times of pandemic.
Several Congress leaders, including former president Rahul Gandhi, hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a “Lollypop budget”. The opposition party alleged that the government’s “anti-farmer and anti-poor” face is exposed as it has cut fertiliser subsidy and also reduced food subsidy and MGNREGA funds.
