Govt sees us as Bangladeshis: Abhishek Banerjee slams Budget for ignoring Bengal
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TMC's Abhishek Banerjee accused the Centre of labelling people of West Bengal as "Bangladeshis" and criticised the finance minister for omitting the state from her Budget speech.
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday accused the Centre of branding people of West Bengal as “Bangladeshis” and criticised Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for not mentioning the state in her Budget speech.
Reacting to the Union Budget, Banerjee said the Budget speech lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes, which he broke down to emphasise his point.
“The Budget speech was 85 minutes long, 5,100 seconds, but Bengal was not mentioned even once. Forget Bengal; there was nothing concrete for farmers, youth or any community,” he said.
While talking to the media, he said it offered no solutions for any section of society and described it as a “faceless, baseless and visionless” exercise.
#WATCH | On #UnionBudget2026, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee says, "...The Budget that was presented was 1 hour and 25 minutes of the speech of Union Finance Minister. 85 minutes means 5100 seconds. In these 5100 seconds, Bengal's name was not taken even once...All communties, be it pic.twitter.com/7Mtr1aRwVz— ANI (@ANI) February 1, 2026
Questioning the government’s focus on technology-driven initiatives, Banerjee said there was no clarity on job creation or improving farmers’ incomes.
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