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Last Updated: July 23, 2024, 15:18 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Top lawmakers celebrated the Union Budget-2024 and shared what they felt was the best part of the budget.
While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hailed the Union Budget-2024, calling in middle-class centric and a roadmap for growth, the Opposition disagreed. While the Congress alleged that the budget was copied from its manifesto for the recent Lok Sabha polls, the Trinamool Congress said it had left out the Opposition-ruled states.
Top lawmakers celebrated the Union Budget-2024 presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Tuesday and shared what they felt was the best part of the budget. Here’s a list of who said what.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the Union Budget for its sharp focus on youth, backward sections, women and middle class as also on manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, and asserted that the proposed employment-linked incentive schemes will create crores of new jobs.
“This visionary budget will uplift and empower every stratum of our society, paving the way for a brighter future for all,” Modi said in televised remarks on the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Home Minister Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Budget 2024-25 will fuel the country’s pace on the path of emerging as a developed nation by ushering in a new era of employment and opportunities.
The budget not only exemplifies the country’s newfound sense of purpose, hope and optimism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government but also fortifies them, Shah said.
“Harnessing the power of Bharat’s youth, Nari Shakti and farmers, the budget fuels the nation’s pace on the path of emerging as a developed nation by ushering in a new era of employment and opportunities,” he wrote on ‘X’ with the hashtag #BudgetForViksitBharat.
Opposition Reacts
Leaders from the Opposition-ruled states such as West Bengal, Telangana and Punjab expressed dissatisfaction over no allocations. Meanwhile, Congress claimed that the budget, especially the youth-centric part, was copied from its manifesto for the recent Lok Sabha polls.
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