Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav slammed the Budget, claiming that it has ignored the interests of the youth and farmers.Speaking to reporters, Yadav linked Sitharaman’s announcements of several development measures for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh to the BJP’s political compulsion to “save” its government and asked if there was anything for Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state.Andhra Pradesh’s ruling TDP and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) are crucial BJP allies in the government and have been pushing for financial assistance to their states.West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dubbed the Union Budget 2024-25 as “politically biased and anti-poor” and slammed the Centre for “depriving” her state.The chief minister wondered what wrong West Bengal committed that it had been “deprived” by the Centre.TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee told reporters here that “the net result is zero because Bengal has been constantly tortured and deprived.””You have seen how Bengal has been consistently deprived by this BJP government.Has there been a positive outcome of 12 BJP MPs elected from Bengal?” Banerjee said outside the Parliament complex.Recalling Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s words “Jo Hamare Saath, Hum Unke Saath (we will be on the side of those who support us)”, the Diamond Harbour MP said, “What he said has been proved today.”Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi termed the budget “Pradhan Mantri Sarkar Bachao Yojana”.”I will give a title to this Budget – ‘Pradhan Mantri Sarkar Bachao Yojana’.In an attempt to save their government for five years, they have given a package to their alliance partners in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.They should be ashamed; they have two alliance partners in Maharashtra.Maharashtra is the biggest tax-paying state, but it has never received funds from the Centre. Don’t we have infrastructure needs?” Chaturvedi said.
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