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Cong criticises Budget for not helping State, minorities

Chairman of the All India Congress Committee’s Research Department, MV Rajeev Gowda, said that the 'middle-class tax cut' was a diversion created to conceal the decline in growth from 8.2 per cent last year to 6.4 per cent this year

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Home Minister G Parameshwara

Bengaluru, 3 Feb

Home Minister G Parameshwara said he felt ashamed that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman represents Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha, criticising for not giving any package to the state in the Union Budget, despite this being her second term as a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka.

"We are ashamed that Nirmala Sitharaman is a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka," the Minister said. “She has completely failed to protect the interests of the state,” adding that the five guarantees of the Congress government were helping the weaker sections of society and rural parts of the state.

Similarly, Chairman of the All India Congress Committee’s Research Department, MV Rajeev Gowda, said that the 'middle-class tax cut' was a diversion created to conceal the decline in growth from 8.2 per cent last year to 6.4 per cent this year.

"The tax cut will have an impact only on 3 crore taxpayers, mainly in urban India. The majority of Indians will still not be able to spend more, as they are hurting from stagnant real wages and bearing the burden of increased loans," Gowda said in a press release, noting that funding had been cut for minorities, showing that the government’s priorities lie with urban, upper-class, and upper-caste Indians.