Implementation will be zero as usual: Cong MP

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Balu Dhanorkar, the only Congress MP in the state, termed the Union Budget 2023-24 “only a declaration” and said that its “implementation will be zero as usual.”

Slamming the budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Dhanorkar said, “This is the kind of budget that is ruining the lives of people in the country. Inflation, unemployment, and increasing poverty should have been addressed. Due to poverty and unemployment, the underprivi-

‘50 new airports announced, but what of Chandrapur airport? It’s still unfinished’ leged are feeling the effects of inflation. Our per capita income has

IGNORED doubled, but whose, the poor or the rich?”

“This is Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s last budget before the Lok Sabha elections. So, big announcements have been made keeping the polls in mind,” said Dhanorkar, adding, “The minister announced plans to set up 50 new airports across the country. However, the Chandrapur airport has been lying unfinished for years.”

First India Bureau

Mumbai: After the Union Budget 2023-24 was presented on Wednesday, Shiv Sena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Aaditya Thackeray blasted the Centre for not making provisions for Maharashtra.

Criticizing the Budget, the former state minister said, “What has been achieved from the Union Budget? That is the big question. In the state (Gujarat), where the BJP won more than 150 seats in the Assembly, projects of firms such as Vedanta-Foxconn, Tata Airbus, and the International Financial Centre were shifted. They have also received more concessions (than Maharashtra). This budget has rubbed salt on Maharashtra’s wounds.”