Budget only for 2 states: Oppn in LS; BJP's biplab calls it Modi's guarantee
government over the budget even as the ruling side came out hailing the proposals.
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Congress MP Kumari Selja, who opened the Lok Sabha debate on the budget, questioned the viability of the proposed employment-linked incentives to private sector employees. «Did the government hold any pre-budget discussions with the industry and corporates and did you have any assurance that they (firms) will indeed recruit more employees based on this proposal? What is the guarantee that those companies, who may give some jobs as per this proposal, will not lay off the same employees after the specified period of government incentives,» Selja asked, with the finance minister present in the House. Selja said she was pleased that the FM had read Congress' manifesto for the budget.
She criticised the government for not paying heed to farmer' demand for legal guarantee on MSP, not scrapping the Agnipath scheme, not committing on a caste survey or on filling up job vacancies, including for SC and STs, in government departments and alleged the budget had neglected the aspirations of the non-BJP/NDA-ruled states. She cautioned Nitish Kumar and N Chandrababu Naidu not to take BJP for granted. Alleging neglect of poll-bound states of Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Selja quipped, «I am glad you have conceded defeat even before elections.»
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