Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Assembly and former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday termed Union Budget as directionless and said that Haryana and farmers have been completely ignored in the Budget.
Reacting to the union budget, he said that no new railway tracks, airports, trains, universities, big industries or institutions for Haryana has been announced. "BJP government has discriminated with Haryana in this budget," he said.
At present, the biggest problem in the country is unemployment and in this budget, no step has been taken in this direction, he said, adding that unemployment in Haryana is highest in the entire country. According to the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE), the unemployment rate in Haryana has reached an unprecedented level of 28.7 percent, which is highest in the country, but nothing has been announced in this budget towards giving employment, which is very disappointing.
Apart from this, no relief has been given to the employees, middle class and poor people in income tax, he said, adding that the Union Minister has played with only data in her budget speech. No relief has been given to farmers. There is no step towards doubling the farmer's income in the budget.
The Leader of Opposition said that it was being said from many years to double the income of farmers, but the conditions of farmers are getting worse and even after this, the farmers did not get anything in this budget.
There is nothing in the budget to double the income of farmers. In Haryana, the farmers are not even getting the MSP of their crop. The farm cost is increasing day by day. Farmers’ debt has not been waived off. The farmers’ condition has not improved. Similarly, education and health were not given special attention in the budget. This budget is a completely dull and directionless budget.