Nirmala Sitharaman to present interim budget soon: Political reactions

Ahead of the presentation of the Budget 2024, MDMK MP Vaiko said the government will again try to hoodwink the people of India with its budget. Congress hoped the Central government will deliver on the promises and address the unemployment issue.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore said, “Hope that Nirmala Sitharaman delivers on the promises which they admitted. Instead of diverting from the real issues, let them address unemployment, the farmers’ pain, MSME sector’s problems and the price rise. We hope that the Interim Budget addresses these important issues, instead of only helping the friends like Adani and other business houses on whose pillars the Modi government is running.”

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BUDGET 2024 POLITICAL REACTIONS: LIVE UPDATES

Not expecting anything positive: CPI MP

On interim Budget 2024, CPI MP P Santosh Kumar said, ” We will have to see if the govt will bring any pro-people policy. This govt is not doing anything for the general public. I am not expecting anything positive from the government. Since this is the election year, the government might announce some soaps.”

Will be an election oriented budget: Congress MP

Ahead of the presentation of the Union Interim Budget, Congress MP K Suresh said, “We are expecting this to be an election-oriented budget. BJP wants to win again and come back to power. That is why, there will be some gimmick in the budget. There will be eyewash schemes for common people…On one side they talk about common people and on the other side, they are increasing commercial gas cylinder’s price and implementing anti-people policies.”