No Strategic Idea, Anything Concrete In Union Budget: Rahul Gandhi
Mumbai: There was no strategic idea says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi following Union Budget 2020-21 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and he also described the “hollow” approach of the government that was “all talk and nothing happening.”
Talking to reporters outside Parliament immediately after the presentation of the budget, he described it as repetitive, stating that the budget does not address the core issue of unemployment facing the country’s youth and the deteriorating state of the economy.
“The main issues in this country today are unemployment and the distant situation as the economy. I did not see any concrete idea, any strategic idea that would help our youth get employment. I saw a lot of tactical stuff, redundant things, I did not see any central idea,” he told reporters.
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“The speech was over 2.5 hours long and I could not find any strategic point in it. The main issue is employment and economy. There is redundancy and income tax has become complicated instead.”
“The government’s approach is visible in this budget. It did not have anything in it. It was hollow,” he said.
Gandhi said that the Union Budget describes the government quite well, which is “all-talking” and nothing concrete.
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“It was over 2 hours and 45 minutes (long). Very repetitive, a lot of commotion, nothing concrete. So it is the mindset of the government – all talk, all talk, all talk, nothing happening. But, the country is, of course, is suffering,” he said.
Addressing youth directly in universities and colleges, he said, “You know what’s really going on. You know you don’t have a future as far as jobs are concerned. And, to help you But nothing happened here.”
The Congress leader said that the budget was too long and it was probably the longest speech ever in which strategic things were seen but there was no central idea.
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