JAMMU: Congress has termed the budget as directionless, anti poor and anti common people, with no initiative to address the problems of unemployed youth and different sections of the Society.
Reacting to the budget presented today Chief Spokesperson, Ravinder Sharma has describe it as devoid of any major initiatives to provide relief to different sections of people especially the unemployed youth, farmers, and daily wagers. It will further burden the common people who are already facing the brunt of steep hike in prices on all commodities of daily use, he added. Sharma said that the Budget would lead to rise in the prices of almost all items of common use of people. The budget has shattered the hopes of large number of unemployed youth, the agitating daily wagers, need based and other categories of workers working in different departments, besides the refugees, the farmers who have suffered huge losses to their crops in different parts of the State, besides neglecting the general demands of business community, who were demanding tax reforms. He said that the Budget proposals would lead to hike in the prices of all items of use of common and poor people. However, Sharma welcomed the welfare fund for the journalists and the release of DA to the employees which was their well deserved right. He sought review of the budgetary proposals to make it people friendly especially to the poor and common people and to address the different left out sections of the society in the budget.