The Union Budget 2020-21 is a budget ‘for the rich, of the rich and by the rich’ senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said in Rajya Sabha on Thursday and urged the government to amend it to provide cash transfers and free rations to the poor. The subtext is, this is a budget prepared for the rich, of the rich and by the rich. The Budget has done nothing for the poor of India who continue to suffer,” he said. Referring to the new term andolanjeevi (professional protesters) coined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr Chidambaram said, because the Congress dissents, they will be called andolanjeevi. Three years of incompetent economic management will mean that at the end of the year 2020-21, we will be exactly where were in 2017-18,” Mr Chidambaram said.

Source: The Hindu February 11, 2021 11:52 UTC