Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the union budget calling it โcrony centricโ.
Gandhi said the budget didnโt have anything to improve conditions of jawans facing Chinese aggression at the border.
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โModiโs crony centric budget means โ Jawans facing Chinese aggression in extreme conditions will get no support. Indiaโs 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 yearโs 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 Indiaโs largest workforce were โbetrayedโ.
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โModiโs crony centric budget means โ Struggling MSMEs given no low-interest loans, no GST relief. The employers of Indiaโs largest workforce betrayed (sic),โ Gandhi had tweeted.
The Congress had earlier slammed the budget, saying it was a โlet down like never beforeโ. The Opposition party had claimed that the budget will unravel soon.