After the interim budget announcement by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while hundreds on social media were sharing their analysis, so did industrialist Harsh Goenka. Except that he had a very "filmy" take on it.
His comment had several references to superhit Bollywood movies and web series.
"Budget 2024 is a Fighter that tames the Animal of recession; is a Gadar against poverty and friendly for India’s Jawaan ensuring that no one is left 12th Fail. With measures on inclusion, education, and employment for youth and the welfare of the masses, Bahadur work by our Salaar FM Nirmala Sitharaman," Goenka wrote on X.
Reacting to his post, an X user wrote, "You should yourself write the jingles for the next advertisement for CEAT tyres, sir." Another added, "Totally filmy."
Harsh Goenka is the chairperson of the RPG Group that owns CEAT tyres.
Nirmala Sitharaman's shortest budget speech
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday made her shortest-ever budget speech in parliament. The finance minister, who figured prominently in the list of lengthy budget speech makers in history, wrapped up her interim budget speech in a little under an hour, at 58 minutes. The speech had 5,246 words.
With this, Sitharaman became the first woman to hold the finance portfolio on a full-time basis and is the second finance minister to present six consecutive budgets. Former finance minister and ex-prime minister Morarji Desai was the first to deliver six straight budgets.
Both the ministers tabled five full budgets and an interim one.
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