<span style="color: #222222;">Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has criticised the Budget. He said that there is nothing concrete in it to provide jobs to the youth. Talking to media outside Parliament, he said the budget has a lot of technicalities and repetitions.<br />'' <br />'' Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said that there is nothing in the Budget that leads one to believe that growth will revive in 2020-21. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Mr Chidambaram said, the Centre is in complete denial that the economy faces a grave macroeconomic challenge and it has given up on reviving the economy. He said, the Indian economy is demand-constrained and investment-starved and the finance minister has not acknowledged these two challenges.<br />'' <br />'' Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav termed the budget as one of the worst in the last decade. He said it has nothing concrete for farmers and unemployed. He also criticised the tax reduction announced today. He questioned how it will benefit people when incomes are decreasing.<br />'' <br />'' NCP leader Supriya Sule said that there is nothing new and substantial in the Budget. She also questioned the government for giving credit to the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme for women empowerment. She said the budget has nothing new for the welfare of women. <br />''<br />''Shiv Sena leader Vinayak Raut also called the budget hopeless budget. He alleged that there is no road map for the 5 trillion dollar economy.</span>
News On AIR | February 1, 2020 9:00 PM
Opposition leaders criticise Union Budget 2020-21