Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for ‘reducing pension of soldiers’ and ignoring farmers and youth
The Finance Minister presented the Union Budget for the financial year 2021-22 in Lok Sabha on February 1.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Central government accusing it of reducing the pension of soldiers in the Union Budget and ignoring the farmers and youth of the nation.
He further accused that the Centre has only three to four industrialist friends who are ‘God’ for them. “Reduction in pension of soldiers in the Budget. Neither young nor farmer, for Modi government3-4 industrialist friends only God!,” he tweeted on Monday.
Earlier too, the Congress leader had targetted the Union government over the budget, saying that cowardice runs deep in the government of India.
बजट में सैनिकों की पेंशन में कटौती।
ना जवान ना किसान
मोदी सरकार के लिए
3-4 उद्योगपति मित्र ही भगवान!— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 8, 2021
Taking to Twitter, he had stated that in her budget speech this year, the Union Finance Minister used the word “Prime Minister” six times and the word “corporates/ companies” 17 times but did not mention “defence” and “China” even once.
Cowardice runs very deep in GOI. pic.twitter.com/d1Y17FpPcK
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 7, 2021
The Finance Minister presented the Union Budget for the financial year 2021-22 in Lok Sabha on February 1.