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FM Arun Jaitley's Budget 2016 was attacked in Lok Sabha for presenting a 'rosy picture' and 'half-baked truth'. The criticism expanded to include PM Narendra Modi's promise of 'achhe din', with many quipping that 'good days' had come only for the Rashtriya Sayamsevak Sangh (RSS) which has 'graduated from shorts to full pants'. Here are is all you need to know in 6 short slides: (PTI)
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Participating in a debate on the Budget 2016-17, Tariq Anwar (NCP) targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving full marks to it, saying he was acting as an examinee as well as examiner himself. "Prior to the Budget, the Prime Minister said it is his test. After the Budget he gave himself full marks. This was the only Budget where the examinee and the examiner were same," Anwar said. The Budget has presented a "rosy picture", but this is "half-baked truth" when it comes to allocation of money to farmers and agricultural sector, he said. (PTI)
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With regard to the 'acche din' slogan of the government, he said, "It is only the RSS that is seeing 'acche din'. They have graduated from shorts to full pants during the tenure of this government," Anwar said. (PTI)
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Jai Prakash Narain Yadav (RJD) described the Budget as "directionless" and hollow. Mocking at the government's 'acche din' slogan, he said 'good days' had come only for the BJP and the ruling party will see "bad days" after 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Yadav said the Prime Minister, on assumption of power, had promised to bring down inflation but the situation today is that prices of essential commodities are "sky-rocketing". He also criticised the government's ambitious 'Smart Cities' programme and said the country needs 'Smart rural areas'. Santok Singh Chaudhary (Cong) said the Budget was "anti-middle" class. (PTI)
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Tapas Mandal (TMC) criticised Budget 2016, saying it lacks vision and offered nothing to West Bengal, the state his party rules. "It's not people-centric," he said. Prem Singh Chandumajra (Akali) praised the Budget but added it would only serve as a band-aid for wounded farmers and sought more efforts to revive them. There is a need to offer farmers one-time settlement to make them debt-free. (Representative photo: Reuters)
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Rahul Shewale (Shiv Sena) demanded roll back of 1 per cent excise duty on jewellery proposed in Budget and said the proposal should be put off till GST is implemented. Budget for 2016-17 has proposed 1 per cent excise duty on jewellery without input credit or 12.5 per cent with input tax credit on jewellery excluding silver other than studded with diamonds and some other precious stones. (PTI)
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