Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar said that the Union Budget has disappointed the unemployed, traders, shopkeepers, small business persons and people devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic
Kumar said that Delhiites had expected the Union Budget to provide some relief to the people but they were totally disappointed.
“The frequent hikes in the prices of petroleum products, including petrol, diesel and cooking gas, had upset the average household budget beyond recovery and the rollback of Excise Duty would have given them some relief. But the Union Budget has only protected the interest of the rich friends of the Modi Government, who have become richer and richer,” he said.
The Congress leader also said that thousands of people had died in Delhi due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving many families headless and without any earning member, and many children without both their parents. But the Budget has not provided them any financial relief, nor any compensation for the families of Covid Warriors, who died in the line
of duty.
Kumar said that with elections to the Municipal Corporations of Delhi round the corner, the Union Budget should have allocated sufficient funds to the
fund-starved BJP-ruled MCDs, as the Corporations have not been able to pay the salaries of sanitation workers, teachers, nurses, doctors and the paramedical staff, but the Modi Government’s Budget has not announced any bailout package for MCDs.
Kumar said that the both Prime Minister Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have left Delhiites to fend for themselves, as despite having sufficient funds, the Delhi Government has been squandering the money for wasteful purposes and not for the development and welfare of Delhiites, while the Modi Government’s sole purpose of the Budget seems to be using it to fulfil its devious political agenda.