Slamming union budget 2017, Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that framing community has been cheated.
“People have already stopped talking about the budget, 24 hours after it was presented,” Chidmbaram said. He added, ”I don’t think this will have any impact on state elections.”
Criticizing demonetisation , former finance minister ”Now I don’t know what more disruptive and reckless measures are there in the armoury. Wish government meets our growth rates of 8.5 per cent in UPA-1 and 7.5 per cent overall. All the best to them, but they aren’t in position to do so,” he said.
Former finance Minister has been showing concerns for the economy since demonetisation was implemented and today in the national capital he wished the government to match up to the UPA’s growth rate saying,” Wish government meets our growth rates of 8.5 per cent, which is in the first tenure of UPA and 7.5 per cent overall.”
After wishing them to do the best to raise the economy bar, Chidambaram stated,” they aren’t in a position to do so.”
“They have retreated from reforms and have no answers to the severe challenges faced by the economy. There is nothing in the budget that points to measures to revive flagging growth,” he added
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the budget which received good feedback from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including Prime Minister Narendra Modi but received negative marks from the Opposition.
