From Rahul Gandhi to Mamata Banerjee, politicians react to Budget 2019

Acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presented the Union Budget for 201920 in the Parliament on Friday The government unveiled the development vision for the next decade and said that it will focus on ten key areasincluding job creation physical and social infrastructure building pollutionfree nation and clean riversFrom Congress President Rahul Gandhi to Mamata Banerjee politicians have expressed their views on the Budget which was presented on FridayCongress President Rahul Gandhi called this the AakhriJumlaBudget and addressed Narendra Modi as NoMo He tweeted Dear NoMo5 years of your incompetence and arrogance has destroyed the lives of our farmers Giving them Rs 17 a day is an insult to everything they stand and work for AakhriJumlaBudgetDear NoMo5 years of your incompetence and arrogance has destroyed the lives of our farmers Giving them Rs 17 a day is an insult to everything they stand and work for AakhriJumlaBudgetmdash Rahul Gandhi RahulGandhi February 1 2019West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said This govt has no moral authority or responsibility to place the budget for 5 years when theyll not be in power the govt will go for expiry After expiry if you give medicine is there any value What will be the value This is absolutely valuelessHD Kumaraswamy who is the Chief Minister of Karnataka said that the budget was prepared by Narendra Modis friends I want to ask if this budget was prepared by officials of Finance dept or RSS In this budget Narendra Modi has given cotton candy for farmers When I announced the loan waiver scheme PM mocked it like a lollipop Friends of BJP have prepared this budget he saidLok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan was satisfied with the budget and said This budget is for everyone and is a good one Work will go on like thisP Chidambaram commented and said that the budget is not a vote on account but it is an account for votesMy oneline comment on the budget is that it is not a vote on account but an account for votes he said He added The Interim Finance Minister tested our patience by the longest interim budget speech in the recent memory It was not an interim budget it was a fullfledged budget accompanied by an election campaign speechHoweverUnion Minister Dharmendra Pradhan took Narendra Modis side and said Opposition has no issues to talk about they are scared of Modi Jirsquos welfare schemes We donrsquot do vote bank politics we do development politics We are dedicated to taking Indian farmers to new heightsThe budget has met the expectations of farmers labourers amp middle class By bearing a cost of Rs 75000 crore the government will implement Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme This scheme will also benefit those farmers who do not take loans said BJP Chief Amit ShahCongress Minister Shashi Tharoor said The whole exercise has turned out to be a damp squib Weve seen one good thing that is tax exemption for the middle class Rs 6000 in income support for farmers boils down to Rs 500 per month Is that supposed to enable them to live with the honourampdignityHome Minister Rajnath Singh called it a historic budget and said that all sections of the society will benefit from itwith inputs from ANICatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates