Congress mocks Union Budget 2023 with meme featuring PM Modi, shows ‘claim’ Vs ‘reality’

Union Budget 2023: The Congress party mocked the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and shared a meme to hint that the government’s claims were detached from reality. The meme shared on the party’s official Twitter handle featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Titled “claim vs reality”, first slide is the ‘claim’ showing PM in a yoga pose pointing upwards. The ‘reality’ slide shows the opposite.

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In her fifth Budget presentation, FM Sitharaman made a slew of announcements that included an increase in the income tax rebate limit from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh under the new regime.

Tax slabs reduced

The Finance Minister also reduced the number of tax slabs in the new tax regime, and increased the tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh. She also announced that capital investment outlay has increased by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore. This will account for 3.3 per cent of the GDP.

Congress MP Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Wednesday welcomed the move, saying that any tax cuts are “welcome”.

Karti Chidambaram welcomes tax cuts

“I am a believer in a low tax regime. So, any tax cuts are welcome because giving more money into the hands of the people is the best way to boost the economy,” he told presspersons.

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that the income tax rebate announced up to Rs 7 lakhs was insignificant. “Considering the inflation and price rise, it’s like a drop in the ocean for middle class,” Gogoi was quoted as saying by ANI. He also said that the Budget only benefits “big industrialists”.

Anti-people, says Mamata

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee called the budget anti-people. She said it was prepared with en eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The Budget Session of Parliament commenced on Tuesday with the President’s address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, which was followed by an address by Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar.

BSP supremo Mayawati tweeted her disappointment. See below:

BSP leader Malook Nagar said the relief granted to the common people in the UnionBudgethas made it a hit like the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan."The relief given to the common people in the Budget has made it a hit as the movie Pathaan," Nagar, a Lok Sabha member from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, said.

Sarabnanda Sonowal too tweeted his reaction. See below:

The Aam Aadmi Party questioned Sitharaman’s claim about doubling of per capita income since 2014, saying it is ‘Amrit Kaal’ for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, not for the common people of the country.

Chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal slammed the government for ignoring the state in the budget.

AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, who is also the party’s national spokesperson, said in a series of tweets in Hindi, “Neither did the MSP of crops increase nor did the youth get employment. But this is Amrit Kaal for Modi ji. Nirmala ji is saying per capita income has doubled.”

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