Jaipur. Congress National General Secretary and former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, while reacting to the budget presented by the Central Government, said that the Finance Minister mentioned the schemes of many states in the budget but did not make any announcement for Rajasthan’s ERCP and Yamuna Link schemes, which is a deception with the people of the state, whereas the Central Minister had signed MoUs with Madhya Pradesh and Haryana in his presence.
He said that the Finance Minister has tried to portray this budget as employment oriented, which shows that the BJP government has accepted that unemployment has reached its peak. He said that unemployment will not decrease with the steps shown in the budget because consumption is not increasing in the lower and lower middle class due to inflation. The government will have to emphasize on increasing government capital expenditure in every situation.
Pilot said that the Finance Minister also remained silent in the budget regarding filling about 10 lakh vacant posts running under the Central Government, which proves that the government only wants to push the unemployed towards the private sector. He said that it is beyond comprehension that the Finance Minister did not say even a single word in the budget speech on MNREGA, the lifeline of the rural economy.
Pilot said that by including the internship scheme and apprenticeship scheme of the Congress manifesto in the budget, the BJP government has accepted that the policies of the Congress have always been in the interest of the country. He said that this budget will neither reduce inflation, nor generate large amounts of employment, nor will Rajasthan get any special scheme.
