Congress leader Shashi Tharoor criticised the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha saying that finance minister Arun Jaitley’s use of over 16,000 words in his budget speech as against P Chidambaram’s 6,000 was a reflection of the ‘inflation’ the new government had brought with it.He criticises the budget for failing to deliver on promises and not having any road map for implementation of schemes.
But INDIA HONEST wonders, if the 16000 words has really failed to elaborate the FM intentions in the budget then how P Chidambaram’s 6,000 words budget speech has done justice to the objective of showing a clear road map of the budget.
Sorry Mr. Tharoor, still after the Congress's wipe out in the election from 200 plus to below fifty, you could not understand, why you were rejected, as it was the previous FM P Chidambaram, who had the habit of presenting disguised and concocted budget and that had failed to work on the ground level for the people and for the national economy.
And moreover if the inflation were measured and controlled by the number of words than why PC did not offer budget in the parliament with only minimum words "Interim Budget 2014", that would have solved the inflation problem completely ? It is absurd on the part on Congress leaders that instead of debating the nitty gritty of the budget they are indulging more on the humours side.
Tharoor said that though the government had said it would take decisions on reforms, give growth a push and administer the “bitter pill“ that Narendra Modi talked about but had failed to deliver. He criticised that the government had instead given 29 “Rs 100 crore“ projects like Bollywood hits. Tharoor said,“Budget cannot be a laundry list. It shows the mindset of the government. It has no direction."
INDIA HONEST deplores the way the Congress party has chosen to react in the name of their vowed promise of constructive opposition.With hardly five to six months left till the next budget, that will be presented in the next February, Jaitely's present budget was prudent to initiate and test ground in maximum numbers of projects and with an objective to embark upon the task with proper allocation of greater funds in the next budget.
Window dressing of budget by populous dialogues and fabulous figures is one thing and while prudently projecting the needs of various sections of the society through the budget is another aspect, which the IMF and Howard stalwarts failed to recognise.