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Since then, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the budget. Since then, the opposition is creating a ruckus in both the houses of Parliament. The opposition alleges that the government has focused on only two states, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, in this budget. The names of the remaining states were not even adopted in Parliament. After about a week, Nirmala Sitharaman responded to this allegation and raised questions about West Bengal. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday alleged that several schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are not being implemented in West Bengal. Let us also tell you what she said in response to the allegations of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.
No name but everyone understood.
Responding to Leader of Opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge in the Rajya Sabha speech, who mentioned only two states in the budget speech and “ignored the rest”, Sitharaman said that the opposition is alleging that many states were not named and only two states were talked about. The Congress party has presented so many budgets so far. They must know that in every budget, one does not get a chance to mention the name of all the states. Elaborating on her point, Sitharaman said that if the name of any state is not mentioned in the speech, does that not mean that those states are not getting external assistance from schemes, programmes or organisations like the World Bank? The government is functioning as per routine and the department-wise allocation and expenditure sheet reflects this element.
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Questions about Bengal
Taking the example of Maharashtra, she said if its name was not announced in the budget, was Maharashtra being ignored? Rs 76,000 crore has been allocated to Wadhawan Port. Has the Congress party taken the name of every state in every budget announced during its rule? Targeting TMC, Sitharaman said that yesterday TMC raised doubts on the budget that nothing has been given to West Bengal. Many schemes proposed by PM Modi have not even been implemented in Bengal and now they have the courage to ask me.
Challenge to Congress
He said that I can question the Congress whether they have taken the name of every state in every budget presented. This is a deliberate attempt by the Congress-led opposition parties to give people the impression that nothing is being given to our states. This is an outrageous allegation. For the last few days, there has been a continuous debate on the budget in Parliament. In which the opposition parties are continuously attacking the budget. They allege that this is not a budget to provide relief to the common people but a budget to “save seats”. In this, the focus has been on only two states, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Because the BJP has the support of the ruling parties of both states at the Centre.
