India: Soon after the Finance Minister completed the presentation of the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2022-23, political reactions are storming in with the leaders expressing their disappointments in the Budget. Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi had a concern about the budget. Gandhi wrote on Twitter, “M0di G0vernment’s Zer0 Sum Budget! Nothing for Salaried class, Middle class, The poor & deprived, Youth, Farmers, MSMEs” Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala wrote, “Budget2022 subsidies deducted, Hit the poor! In FY 2021-22 and current FY 2022-23. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor expressed his concern over what was left out of the budget. He was quoted as saying by news agency ANI, “Extremely disappointing, a damp squib! There seems to be absolutely nothing in this Budget. It’s an astonishingly disappointing Budget. When you listen to the speech, no mention of MGNREGA, of Defence, of any other urgent priorities facing the public.” TMC leader Derek O’Brien took to Twitter and echoed similar views to him. He wrote, “Diamonds are this government’s best friend. For the rest— farmers, middle class, daily earners, unemployed— this is a PM (Does Not) Care Budget2022.” West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also echoed her concerns over the budget lacking in any … Continue reading ‘Zero For Common Man’: Indian Opposition Calls It A Lacklustre Budget