Congress brands Union Budget as 'anti-farmer'

Speaking to CNBC-TV18’s Shereen Bhan, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget 2015-16 was “anti-farmers” as it ignores agriculture.

BJP MP and former finance secretary NK Singh attacked the Congress record when it was in government saying the previous regime left the economy in ‘shambles’.

Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekar too said the NDA government had inherited deficits and in the nine months it has been in office, it has laid out a roadmap for structural reforms.

While BJD MP Jay Panda said it was a “sweeping Budget” given the social schemes it contained though he added that he was expected a special package for Odisha.