TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ The focus on the rural sector in Budget 2018-19 was a clear indication that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government was alarmed by the Gujarat poll result and realised that the rural population was moving away from it, the Shiv Sena said today.
The saffron party, in an editorial in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, also said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had had merely repackaged old schemes as new in his budget presentation yesterday.
“The government, which came to power by selling dreams to the nation, has once again offered a maze of dreams to the people. The budget presented by the finance minister consists of old dreams and old announcements. It seemed that the FM’s speech was full of stress,” the Sena said.
In the last three-four years, the party added, India’s economy had slowed down and the policies of the government had further crippled it. This stress was visible in the budget speech, it said.
The common man does not understand technical terms such as fiscal deficit, import and export, but only wants to know if inflation will come down or not after the budget, the party said.
“However, the word ‘mehengai’ (inflation) was not even spoken about. The previous Congress-led government was defeated due to high inflation and people hoped the new government would make their lives better.
