Budget by Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday. Took a dig at the Union Budget 2022-23 presented by Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament. And “we thank FM for remembering that there are poor people in this country.”
“Today’s budget speech is the most capital speech by an FM. The word ‘poor’ occurs only twice in para six and we thank FM for are poor people in this country. People will reject this capitalist budget,” Chidambaram told media here.
Speaking on the virtual digital assets, the Congress leader said, “That’s obviously on the behest of very rich people of the country. Instead of RBI, FM has virtually announced that Cryptocurrency is legal from today. Now all of this is not beneficial to 99.99 percent of people of India.”
The Congress leader said he was “astonish” and “shock” that the Finance Minister outlining a plan for the next 25 years. “Government believe that the present does not need any attention and the public can be asked to wait patiently. Until ‘Amrit Kaal’ dawns,” Chidambaram said adding that “this is mocking the people of India”
Speaking on 30 percent taxes introduced on the virtual digital asset, the former Finance Minister said, “That brought obviously on the behest of very rich people of the country.”