The Congress today claimed that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had ‘pulled a fast one’ on NDA allies in Bihar & Andhra Pradesh given that most announcements in the Budget will not see light of day for a few years.
Jairam Ramesh described the move as a 'post-dated cheque on a crashing bank'. He said the non-biological PM’s Kursi Bachao Budget makes critical promises to two states, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Several other projects have been announced without clear allocations, but the total funding commitments made by the Budget to the two states run into lakhs of crores on paper.
Congress general secretary also shared a media report claiming that financial packages for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar are likely to cost the Centre Rs 20,000-30,000 crore, which is significantly less than the allocations suggested in the Budget. He said most of these grand announcements in the Budget will not see the light of day for a few years, at best and when the time comes to redeem the funds for these promised projects, this unstable Government will no longer be in power.
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