Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda termed the Budget as mediocre, lacking vision and one that offers nothing new.
Reacting to the Budget proposals, Hooda said that it belies people’s hopes and expectations aroused by harping on the promise of “Achhe Din Aane Wale Hen” both in the run-up to and after the lok Sabha elections. It looks people will have to wait endlessly for the “Achhe Din” to come. People who voted for change have begun to feel the pinch of ‘Mehnge Din.”
Hooda said high on rhetoric and low on delivery, this budget offered the man on the street almost no relief. “Resorting to populism at the cost of fiscal prudence, the Union Budget does not offer the farmers and labour class the street the oft-promised relief. No steps have been taken to contain inflation. The BJP swears by the farmer but has offered them nothing. The government has done nothing by way of reduction in cost of farm inputs which should serve him as incentive to grow more”, he added.