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  • BJP calls Delhi govt’s 2023-24 budget directionless’

    BJP calls Delhi govt’s 2023-24 budget directionless’

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    New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Wednesday rejected the annual budget 2023-24 of the AAP government as “directionless” and “repackaging of old promises”.

    Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot presented the Rs 78,800-crore budget, giving a major push to transport and infrastructure with an allocation of Rs 21,817 crore ahead of the G20 Summit, and announced a comprehensive plan to make the national capital a “clean, beautiful and modern city”.

    Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva claimed that the budget had nothing new to offer.

    “Various schemes like road upgradation, Yamuna cleaning, development of lakes and bus procurement were already repeated many times by the Arvind Kejriwal government in the past months and years,” he said.

    The entire budget was full of repackaged promises and plans of the government that were not fulfilled in the past, he claimed.

    Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said the budget is a question mark on the AAP government’s credibility and that it is directionless.

    Gahlot talked about zero tolerance against corruption in his budget speech which was the “worst” joke as two ministers of the Kejriwal government are in jail for their involvement in scams, he said.

    The finance minister promised that in 2023-24, there will not be a single broken road or footpath, but this government makes such promises several times a year, he said.

    BJP MP Manoj Tiwari termed the Kejriwal government’s budget 2023-24 as a “copy-paste” of the previous budget.

    “Kejriwal has no longer any vision, that is why there is nothing new in the budget and people are still suffering from its failures,” he charged.

    BJP MLA Vijender Gupta said the budget was an “eyewash” and health and education sectors were in “disarray” despite significant allocations over the years.

    “Out of the total budgeted estimate of Rs 78,800 crore, only Rs 21,817 crore (or 27 per cent) is allocated for capital expenditure, while the remaining Rs 56,983 crore is directed towards revenue expenditure. This points to financial mismanagement,” Gupta said.

    In the name of G-20 preparations, the finance minister has made several claims. But none of the projects Gahlot spoke about could be completed within six months, when the G20 is supposed to take place, he added.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Illusionary, directionless: Telangana Congress on budget speech

    Illusionary, directionless: Telangana Congress on budget speech

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    Hyderabad: Congress MP and former Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the state budget presented by Telangana’s finance minister Harish Rao in the Assembly on Monday was ‘illusionary’ and ‘directionless’.

    Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the state revenue does not match the proposed expenditure of Rs 2.90 lakh crore which is total “unrealistic”.

    “First time in history the finance minister’s speech had no mention of estimated revenues. He was unable to specify whether the budget was surplus or deficit,” he said.

    The Congress MP said that there was no uniformity in the allocation of funds and all major sectors remained neglected. For instance, he said that the allocation of the total budget for the health dept was only 4.18 percent. Similarly, Secondary Education got just 5.54 percent while Higher Education got just 1.03 percent.

    He said that the state government did not make any provision to clear the pending fee reimbursement and scholarship dues of over Rs 3,200 crores and a meagre Rs 3,001 crores have been allocated for the entire Higher Education Dept. He said there was no mention of the monthly Unemployment Allowance of Rs 3,016 which the KCR government had promised to give to all jobless youth.

    Further, he said that an amount of only Rs 17,700 crores was allocated for the Dalit Bandhu scheme. He added that there are nearly 17 lakh poor Dalit families in Telangana and this budget could not cover even 10 percent of those beneficiaries.

    He said that a sufficient amount was not allocated for the scheme of sheep distribution and there was no mention of the waiver of crop loans.

    Uttam claimed that the chief minister had promised a farm loan waiver of up to Rs 1 lakh to Telangana farmers on December 2 2018. However, he claimed that crop loans up to Rs 35,000 have been cleared in the last four years.

    “This was the last budget of the BRS government and it failed to honour these promises. The Congress party had demanded Rs 20,000 crores for the completion of Rs 1 lakh loan waiver for all farmers of Telangana as more than 20 lakh farmers and their families are still waiting for it. However, the finance minister has disappointed the farmers of Telangana,” he said.

    Uttam Kumar Reddy ridiculed Harish Rao’s claims of economic development in Telangana. He said that the finance minister did not mention anything about the debts of over Rs 5 lakh crore on Telangana and the impact of their high interest and repayments on the state’s economy.

    Uttam alleged that he dedicated his entire speech to praising the chief minister. “Budget speech is considered the most sacred document for any state or country as it gives a detailed account of present economic status and future plans. However, Harish Rao’s speech lacked vision and direction. It was no more than a regular political speech delivered in praise of CM KCR,” he said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )