Budget anti-poor and serves Congress’ interests: Raman Singh
July 6th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
Raipur/New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Monday termed the union budget as “anti-poor” and aimed to serve the Congress party’s “political interests”.
Singh, who is in New Delhi, told reporters that the budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in parliament “is anti-poor. The budget has taken care of the Congress party’s political interests rather than addressing the problems of common people”.
“There is no budgetary announcement for people of poor states such as Chhattisgarh. Even my demand for increasing the minimum assured job days to 150 from 100 days under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for tribal areas was not incorporated,” Singh stated.
However, the state’s opposition Congress described the budget as “growth-oriented”.
“It’s a growth-oriented and balanced budget. The Congress-led union government has made the best effort to address the problems of common people and farmers. It will surely boost the agriculture sector as well as industry,” Ravindra Choubey, Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, told reporters.
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