CM Ashok Gehlot calls Union Budget 'disappointing' for Rajasthan

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday termed the Union Budget disappointing and said while it provides additional funds for an irrigation scheme in Karnataka it has not given national status to the East Rajasthan Canal ProjectHe claimed the Budget allocated Rs 5300 crore to the Upper Bhadra Irrigation Project in Karnataka keeping the coming elections in mind and accused the Centre of being stepmotherly towards his own stateBJPrun Karnataka is likely to go to the polls in AprilMay while elections in Rajasthan are expected in DecemberIf the Union Budget is talked about in the context of Rajasthan then it was very disappointing Gehlot said The people of the state are disappointed because the central government did not accept our just demand of giving national status to the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project an important project related to the development of Rajasthan Gehlot saidThe veteran Congress leader added that the people of Rajasthan would give a befitting reply to the stepmotherly treatment at the appropriate timeFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 202324 on WednesdayGovind Singh Dotasra the Congress Rajasthan unit chief also called the Budget disappointing and said it provided no relief to the common peopleThe BJP on the other hand welcomed the Budget and described it as allinclusive and beneficial for allExpressing further displeasure at the Budget Gehlot said reducing the provision for schemes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act proves it is antipoor landless farmers and common people In the budget only headlinemaking jumlas have been used in the media but in schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act which proved to be a lifeline for poor people in the corona period the Budget provision for 202324 by the Centre is 33 per cent approximately Rs 30000 croreAlso read Budget 2023 Clothes get costlier mobile phones cheaper heres the complete list of productsThis he said proves the Budget is antipoor landless farmers and common people Many fake announcements related to agriculture and farmers welfare have been made in the Budget but the allocation to the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is about 6 per cent about Rs 7500 crore lower than last year Gehlot allegedthere has been a significant reduction of 15 per cent approximately Rs 23000 crore in urea subsidy as compared to last year he said Gehlot also accused the Centre of neglecting important areas such as education health social justice and women and child development The whole country has suffered from inflation for the past years prices of flour pulses oil soap etc which are used by the common man on a daily basis have increased a lot In the absence of any policy statement regarding reducing inflation the life of the common man will become even more difficultIn a similar vein Dotasra said The Budget is very disappointing and Rajasthan has got nothing There is no exemption for petrol diesel and gas cylinders Neither inflation will come down nor unemployment will go away He claimed that not giving national project status to the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project was a betrayal of the states peopleCalling the Budget a complete failure Food and Civil Supplies Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said People were expecting that there would be relief in petrol and diesel prices because the prices of crude oil have fallenThe BJP however lauded the Budget with former chief minister Vasundhara Raje calling it a historic step towards inclusive development while the partys Rajasthan unit chief Satish Poonia said initiatives had been taken to fulfil the middle and deprived classes expectationsRaje said This Budget is Sarvajan Hitaya Sarvajan Sukhay for welfare of all for happiness of all is a historic step for the country towards inclusive developmentWhile capital expenditure has been increased by 33 per cent to transform Indias economy into the third largest in the world welfare expenditure has also gone up she said in a statement This Budget is completely dedicated to the welfare of all sections of people she addedPoonia said This Budget is allinclusive Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman have taken a big and positive initiative to fulfil the expectations of the middle and deprived classesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever