AGARTALA, Feb 1 (TIWN): Giving the first reaction after the budget 2020 was proposed, Tripura senior Congress leader Gopal Roy slammed the BJP Govt for not addressing unemployment issue, neither the slowdown.

The points he made are :  1.No employment scope 2. P.l.C share & Bharat petroliam share sale 3. Income tax/ no exemptions 4. New Rail station PPP madal 5. Sale of Air Inda & BSNLetc.

He also mentioned, “There is no allotment for north east developments. No word for farmers’ loan exemption. Overall, there is nothing for the people in the budget”

What National Congress leaders said? 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, “Our youth want jobs. Instead they got the longest budget speech in parliamentary history that said absolutely nothing of consequence. PM & FM both looked like they have absolutely no clue what to do next.” He said there was no central idea to rid India of unemployment or improve the poor state of the economy.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh said that the Budget was “too long to absorb”.

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram briefed the media after the Budget. He said, “There were multiple themes, segments and programmes, leaving the listener dazed and confused. It was a laundry list of old (that is current) programmes… The government has given up on reviving the economy or accelerating the growth rate or promoting private investment or increasing efficiency or creating jobs or winning a greater share of world trade.”