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Taking a swipe at the Centre over the Union Budget, the Congress on Saturday said while Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke of four engines of development, the Budget was "completely derailed". Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "The FM spoke of 4 engines: Agriculture, MSMEs, Investment, and Exports. So many engines that the Budget has been completely derailed.
" DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran called it ‘very disappointing Budget’. He said, "The Budget seems to be like that, it's planned in such a way to woo the voters for Delhi, especially the Delhi elections coming on 5th February. The FM has given a big exemption saying that for ₹ 12 Lakhs, there is no tax.
Then she goes on to say that there is a slab of 10% for ₹ 8-12 Lakhs. So, it is very confusing. I think the devil is in the details.
She tries to promise the voters there is exemption of tax till ₹ 12 Lakhs but this is not simple and straightforward. They have to claim in TDS and all these things..
.So, basically it's a let-down for the middle class once again. Middle class seems to be have been cheated by the FM once again.
The infrastructure is not going for the rest of the country, it is going only towards Bihar because there are elections in Bihar this year...
There is not a single word for Tamil Nadu or any other southern states...
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