The Opposition BJP on Thursday criticised the Budget presented by the Congress-led Rajasthan Government, saying it was a ‘routine budget’ and an “example of poor financial management”.
The BJP also said the budget failed to fulfil the expectations of the people of the state.
Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly, Gulab Chand Kataria said the Ashok Gehlot-led government has burdened electricity consumers with `12,000 crore annually by increasing the power tariff. He added that the state had come into surplus in terms of revenue receipts in the previous dispensation led by the BJP.
“Power companies are reeling under losses. They have put an annual burden of `12,000 crore on people by increasing power tariff. There is no relief to people in the budget. We are not able to see any development in the budget,” Kataria said at a press conference.
The Congress government had recently announced the power tariff hike of 11.21 per cent.
Replying to a question on decreasing state share in tax collection from the Centre, Kataria said the State share in GST has increased concurrent with the income of the Centre.
He claimed the State Government was earning `21,000 crore through value-added tax (VAT), the highest in any state of the country, and despite that there was no word about development in the budget.
Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia said it was a routine Budget of the routine government and did not fulfil the expectations of the people of the State. They will blame the Centre and will also expect from the Centre. It is an example of their poor financial management. The Budget does not seem to be fulfilling the expectation of the people of the state.