Union Budget ‘directionless’ and ‘lacking any substance’, says Telangana CM
The Hindu
Budget for 2022-23 disappointed all sections, says K. Chandrasekhar Rao
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has expressed concern that the Union Budget introduced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman has come as a severe disappointment to all sections of people, including those from the under privileged sections, farmers, artisans, employees and common man.
The Budget was ‘directionless’ and it is a ‘useless budget lacking any substance’. The Budget presented in the Lok Sabha was totally ‘hollow’, he said describing the budget as ‘jugglery of words’. The Centre’s focus was more on ‘patting its back’ rather than addressing the concern of the common man who was left in a state of disappointment.
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