Opposition terms Uttar Pradesh govt's budget 'directionless'

Opposition Samajwadi Party and BSP on Wednesday termed the Uttar Pradesh governments budget as directionless and a bunch of promises ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha electionsThe government on Wednesday presented the budget FY24 with an aim to lay the foundation for a selfreliant Uttar Pradesh and focus on the allround development of the state for making it a USD 1 trillion economyThe budget of Rs 69024243 crore for FY24 was the biggest in the states historySamajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the budget could not fulfill the dream of making the state a USD 1 trillion economy while BSP supremo Mayawati said the illusionary budget does not have much for the public The Congress said the budget only sells dreams to people and has hoodwinked the farmers and the youthThis is a directionless budget The budget neither has a solution for the existing problems nor can it take forward the policies of the future Yadav told reporters The chief minister and the finance minister who showed the dream of making UP USD 1 trillion economy must tell the people about the existing growth rate of the state and the growth rate required to make UP a trillion dollar economy he said I do not see the government achieving the target of USD 1 trillion economy he addedThe former chief minister said the budget has disappointed farmers youths and women of the state Terming the recent global investors summit organised by the government as a mela fair Yadav said A very large fair was organised recently This government only knows how to organise melas The mela was organised and big industrialists were invited But I dont see anything in this budget that anyone will invest in the stateHe asked what incentives and packages the government has to attract investors to invest in the state in todays competitive marketBSP chief Mayawati said the budget presented on Wednesday by the state government in the Assembly doesnt have much for the welfare of the people It is again vadon ka pitara a bunch of promises for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections Will this unrealistic budget satisfy the interests of people or does it care for their welfare Will it fulfill the claim of UP of becoming Indias growth engine Debtridden UP needs an employmentoriented budget not an illusionary one she said in a series of tweetsKeeping in mind the muchpublicised announcements promises and claims of the UP BJP government its statements and actions to remove poverty unemployment illiteracy backwardness anarchy etc the budget is a betrayal of about 24 crore people who are suffering from inflation she further said The BSP chief said before the government made new misleading promises and claims in view of the Lok Sabha general elections it did not present an honest report card of the previous budget It shows that claims of an increase in percapita income and development of the doubleengine government was a false propaganda and a gimmick she addedAlso read UP Budget 2023 Rs 1 lakh each allocated for madrassas to set up computer labsContrary to the governments claims of making people selfreliant and increasing their percapita income as well as providing employment to the youths its wrong policies and priorities has led to rising debts Mayawati said It clearly shows that the government contrary to claims and propaganda is failing on all fronts he saidLeader of Congress legislature party in the UP Assembly Aradhana Misra claimed that the government spent less than 50 per cent of the previous budget It should tell us what its intentions are she addedUP Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh said This budget only sells dreams to the people It has deceived the youths of the state the poor and most importantly the annadata farmers of the statePresident of Rashtriya Kisan Manch Shekhar Dixit while reacting to the budget said Like the past this budget has succumbed to statistics management The farmers have been once again handed over the disappointment and there are no concrete schemes for them It seems the UPs government budget is not a budget but a poster event for publicity he addedDixit asked the government to issue a whitepaper on what percentage of promises made by it has been fulfilled Rashtriya Lok Dal UP unit chief Ramashish Rai told PTI In the UP budget neither the issues pertaining to the farmers have been addressed nor those pertaining to the youth There was a hope that in the budget the government would address the job loss crisis which had taken place due to COVID19 pandemic but nothing happenedReacting to the budget advocate and financial consultant Ashish Kumar Tripathi said How much effective will the budget prove in taking UPs economy to USD1 trillion remains to be seen Reducing unemployment rate in the state showed fiscal discipline Provisions made for farmers women youth tourism and giving a boost to the industry is worthy of praise he addedHe also praised the provision of Rs 700 crore for the construction of court complexes on the basis of a pilot project in the newly created districtsMeanwhile former deputy chief minister and BJP leader Dinesh Sharma said the budget will prove to be a growth accelerator for the state In a tweet in Hindi Sharma said This budget will prove to be a growth accelerator This will prove to be a blessing in the amritkaal for the upliftment of poor farmers traders women and youthThis 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