During Rajya Sabha’s budget discourse, Congress’s Neeraj Dangi unleashed a barrage, calling the fiscal plan a glittering shell of stats with no glow for the aam aadmi. Sitharaman’s ninth effort? ‘Utterly drab and disheartening,’ per the Rajasthan MP.
Unrealized announcements from 11 budgets stack up; this adds more without closure. Sensex plunged 2,300 points immediately, investor fortunes wiped out in crores. Budget flunked on all fronts: investment, market trust, citizen dreams.
Government eyes 2047 for fixes, blind to recent decade’s lapses sans roadmap—mere politicized hyperbole. Unemployment, inflation, inequality fester; youth-targeted initiatives like startups mock reality without solid jobs.
Employment via MSMEs, animation, etc., rings false post-11-year job promise failures. Public sector stagnant, contracts rampant, private precarious. Capex rationalized for jobs, but output-spend disconnect evident.
28 million educated unemployed roam; MGNREGA alterations ignite protests, budget mum. Name change ditches Gandhi, skips Ram—government shuns icons, Dangi indicted.