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Budget 2022 a major disappointment for common people: Sawhney
2/1/2022 10:55:05 PM
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: Former Minister and senior Congress leader Yogesh Sawhney on Tuesday heavily criticized the Union Budget 2022 announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. He shamed the BJP Government for blatantly ignoring the needs and necessities of the common people of the country in the Budget. 'There is nothing in that budget for the middle class, for the working class, for the farmers, all of the people who collectively make up majority population of the country. The budget represents a capitalist government whose economic goals are confined to the upliftment and betterment of their rich corporate friends', he commented. The former Minister stated that the Modi government is on a very destructive path, in the sense that they represent the capitalist and individualistic interests of their business friends in the financial budget of the country. On the other hand, the interests of the common man which include jobs, growth, infrastructure, education are sidelined and even ignored for the most part.
The former Minister further added that the Budget 2022 is a major disappointment for the common people. The government is boasting off about huge GST collections. But the main question that arises here is that who are they collecting the GST from?
On one side, the treasury of the government is increasing but on the other hand, it's the people whose wealth is being drained. There is no mention of that. The flipside is that people who need to be taxed, the ultra-rich corporates, are being favoured by the government through one deal or another and all wealth is accumulating in their hands. The poor are becoming poorer, while the Adanis and Ambanis of the country are becoming richer by the day, increasing their wealth rapidly at the cost of other people.
Furthermore, he slammed the government for releasing an unrealistic budget particularly in direct tax measures, again disappointing the people. There is nothing to boost consumption or support and promote small businesses, businesses which had lost so much during the pandemic. Sawhney also questioned the government's stand on Crypto currency and whether there is any regulatory mechanism to be put into place. Poverty and unemployment are on the rise and there are no relief measures being taken by this government. Merely enlisting big goals for climate change, climate action, sustainable development, or economic growth is not doing justice to the people of the country who are worried about their present, he said.
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