TIWN June 19, 2018
AGARTALA, June 19 (TIWN): BJP Govt’s claim about 14 % hike in budget than previous CPI-M Govt led budget of 2017-18 FY, has been slammed by CPI-M MLA Ex-Minister Badal Choudhry. The opposition's reaction came after Finance Minister Jishnu Debbarma on Tuesday had placed a budget of Rs. 16,387 crores for 2018-19 FY, with a hike of 14 % than the last financial year. After the budget was placed in Tripura Assembly Day-1, CPI-M MLA Ex-Minister Badal Choudhury said, “There was nothing in BJP Govt’s budget which can fulfill their Vision Document in next 1 year. Forget about whole Vision Document as they themselves might also don't know how many promises they made before the Election, but out of those 10 promises made in the cover page, not a single was pointed in today’s budgetâ€. “We made budgets for years after years and what Jishnu Debbarma was trying to explain it’s quite clear to us. There was no mention about 7th pay Commission, for which state govt employees are waitingâ€, Badal Choudhury added.
Talking about 300 crores of sanctioning in the budget for social pensions, Badal Choudhury said, “I can’t remember the whole figure but our sanctioning for social pension was more than their 300 crores in the last. At least they need 3000 crores for social pensions as they promised to give the pension at Rs. 2000 per person. With their limited budget it’s also clear that BJP Govt is going to take a cruel decision by cutting all CPI-M voters from the pensioners list. Before the election, why didn’t they say that beneficiaries list will be scanned ??”.
“7th Pay Commission by 1000 crore ? New pension rule form 2018 ? All are bogus claims have done by the Finance Minister. If they want to implement central govt’s new pension scheme then they have to include all employees from 2004. Without following protocol it will be simply a law-violation and if they add all from 2004 the employees will get a shock of financial losses", Choudhury further said hitting the BJP Govt.
“Where are those promises today in their budget ? In each block Colleges, Polytechnic Colleges, Medical College in ADC…... where are those promises of BJP ?”, Badal Choudhry told TIWN adding “BJP Govt’s budget is just opposite of their done promises”.
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