Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the union budget calling it โ€˜crony centricโ€™.

Gandhi said the budget didnโ€™t have anything to improve conditions of jawans facing Chinese aggression at the border.

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โ€œModiโ€™s crony centric budget means โ€“ Jawans facing Chinese aggression in extreme conditions will get no support. Indiaโ€™s defenders betrayed,โ€ the former Congress chief said in a tweet.

As per the Union budget 2021-22, the Centre approved only a marginal hike of around 1.4 per cent to Rs 4.78 lakh crore for 2021-22 in defence budget against last yearโ€™s allocation of Rs 4.71 lakh crore.

On Thursday, Gandhi had said that the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) were given no low-interest loans or GST relief which meant that the employers of Indiaโ€™s largest workforce were โ€œbetrayedโ€.

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โ€œModiโ€™s crony centric budget means โ€” Struggling MSMEs given no low-interest loans, no GST relief. The employers of Indiaโ€™s largest workforce betrayed (sic),โ€ Gandhi had tweeted.

The Congress had earlier slammed the budget, saying it was a โ€œlet down like never beforeโ€. The Opposition party had claimed that the budget will unravel soon.