Union Budget 2024: Not For Progress Of Country, It’s A ‘Save Modi Govt’ Budget, Says Mallikarjun Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday termed the Union Budget for 2024-25 as a “copycat” and alleged that it is not for the progress of the country but to save the Modi government.

Mallikarjun Kharge Terms Union Budget 2024 As “Copycat”

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget, her 7th straight presentation, surpassing the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. This was the first budget during Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s third term in office.

In a post in Hindi on X, Mallikarjun Kharge said, “The Modi government’s ‘copycat budget’ could not even copy the Congress’ Nyay Patra properly! The Modi government’s budget is distributing half-hearted ‘rewadis (freebies)’ to dupe its coalition partners so that the NDA survives.”

“This is not a budget for the ‘progress of the country’, it is a ‘save Modi government’ budget!” he said.

Mallikarjun Kharge said after 10 years, limited announcements have been made for the youth who are bearing the brunt of the “slogan of two crore jobs per year”.

“Only superficial talks have been held for farmers — one and a half times MSP and doubling of income — all turned out to be electoral fraud! This government has no intention of increasing rural wages,” the Congress chief said in the post.