Budget 2020 reactions | Kerala CM slams Budget
The HinduUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020-21 in the Parliament on Saturday. - PTI Goa CM terms Budget 'common man-centric' Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant welcomed the Union Budget 2020-21, terming it as “common man-centric”, while the opposition Congress slammed it saying that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was completely silent on the issue of unemployment. “I congratulate the prime minister and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a budget, which will benefit farmers, poor, salaried middle class and business class,” he said. The AAP national convenor also asked that if the BJP was disappointing Delhi before the assembly elections, “will it fulfil its promises after the polls?” -- PTI 3:00 p.m. No strategic idea, anything concrete in Union Budget: Rahul Gandhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said there was no strategic idea or anything concrete in the Union Budget and it described the “hollow” approach of the government that was “all talk“. slams budget as ‘insipid’ and lacking in stimulus for growth Calling the Union budget “insipid” and lacking in stimulus for growth, the Congress on Saturday said the government’s annual financial statement comprises piecemeal measures, repackaged schemes, jugglery of tax slabs and has no real solutions to solve the economic crisis.