'Forgets 26 other states & 8 UTs': Abhishek Banerjee, Tharoor blast Modi govt's Budget in Lok Sabha

New Delhi:Calling the NDA governments budget anti-people, Sarkaar bachao, Kursi bachao, discriminatory among others, the Opposition Wednesday tore into the Modi government in the Lok Sabha for ignoring all other states to bribe two political parties and buy time before the government imploded...

Participating in the Budget discussion, he said the budget looks more fiction than finance and has been planned by two individuals to keep another two (AP and Bihar) in good faith, neglecting the aspirations of 140 crore people...

Its a Kursi bachao budget.its crafted to bribe two political parties and buy time before the government implodes, Banerjee said, referring to the TDP and the JD(U) whose support is critical to the Modi government in the Lok Sabha...

Tharoor said that Tuesdays budget was underwhelming and a missed opportunity. The budget is in many ways an emblem of this governments economic mismanagement and financial recklessness made all the more worse by its divisive policies, he said, adding that for the Government of India, it seems some states are more equal than others...

He said that except for Andhra Pradesh, the remaining southern states Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana have been completely ignored in the budget.. . we want you (Modi government) to help Andhra Pradesh and Bihar..

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