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Budget 2025 Political Reactions: While the leaders of BJP and its allies are praising the budget and calling it public welfare, the opposition leaders are criticizing it. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took a dig at Budget 2025 and said - The Finance Minister talked about 4 engines: agriculture, MSME, investment and export.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for the financial year 2025-26 in Parliament on Saturday (February 1, 2025).

This was her 8th consecutive budget. The budget was in line with the Economic Survey. Giving relief to the middle class, the Finance Minister announced to keep income up to Rs 12 lakh per annum out of the scope of income tax under the new tax regime. This will benefit crores of people from the working class.

Budget 2025 Political Reactions

Reactions of various leaders have started coming on the first full budget of the third term of the Modi government. While the leaders of BJP and its allies are praising the budget and calling it public welfare, the opposition leaders are criticizing it.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took a dig at Budget 2025 and said, 'The Finance Minister talked about 4 engines: agriculture, MSME, investment and export. So many engines that the budget has completely derailed.'

Bihar got a treasure trove of announcements: Congress

He further said, 'It seems that Bihar has got a treasure trove of announcements in the budget. This is natural because elections are to be held there at the end of the year. But why was the second pillar of NDA , Andhra Pradesh ignored so ruthlessly?' Congress MP, Karti Chidambaram said, 'We need to see whether the promises made in the earlier budget were fulfilled?

There is a need to read the budget to get a clear picture. The announcements made regarding Bihar were natural. This is politics.'

This is a budget of political interest, not public interest: BSP

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati said on the Union Budget 2025, 'Due to the tremendous blow of inflation, poverty, unemployment in the country, as well as the lack of necessary basic facilities like roads, water, education, peace and comfort, the lives of people in India with a huge population of about 140 crores are very troubled, which also needs to be resolved through the Union Budget.

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But the budget of the current BJP government, like that of the Congress, seems to be more of political interest and less of public and national interest. If this is not so, then why is the life of the people constantly troubled, miserable and unhappy in this government too? The dream of a developed India should also be in the interest of the Bahujans.'

Not the budget, the figures of deaths in Maha Kumbh are important: SP

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said, 'Not the budget... but the figures of those who died in Maha Kumbh are more important. Why should we believe any of their figures, when people cannot even give the figures of those who died.' Congress MP Manish Tiwari said, 'I am unable to understand whether this was the budget of the Government of India or the Government of Bihar? Did you hear the name of any state other than Bihar in the entire budget speech of the Union Finance Minister?

Budget is anti-farmer, their voices were not heard: SAD

Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal said, 'Look at the names of the states - Bihar, where elections are going to be held. Only Bihar, Bihar, Bihar. There was no mention of Punjab. Farmers have been protesting for the last 4 years demanding a legal guarantee for MSP. What did they announce for the farmers, this was an anti-farmer budget, the farmers who are fighting for their rights were not heard, it is sad

Copy of the previous budget, anti-village and poor: RJD

RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said that this budget is a copy of the previous budget. It is an anti-village and anti-poor budget. Bihar has not got anything and neither does the Modi government at the Center want to give anything to Bihar.

On the pretext of the budget, Tejashwi once again raised the issue of special package. He asked where did the money of Bihar's special package go? Tejashwi said, 'Chandrababu Naidu left with a package of Rs 2 lakh crore and Nitish Kumar could not get anything for Bihar. Nitish is in an unconscious state.'

Large part of the country's treasury goes to waive off the loans of a few rich billionaires- Arvind Kejriwal

Reacting to Budget 2025, Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, 'A large part of the country's treasury goes to waive off the loans of a few rich billionaires. I had demanded that it should be announced in the budget that no billionaire's loans will be waived in future.

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The money saved from this should be used to give relief in home loans and vehicle loans of the middle class; farmers' loans should be waived. Income tax and GST tax rates should be halved. I am sad that this was not done.'

Budget is a blueprint for Bharat Nirman: Amit Shah

At the same time, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah praised Budget 2025 and said, 'Budget-2025 is the blueprint of the Modi government's vision towards building a developed and best India in every field. This budget, which covers every sector from farmers, poor, middle class, women and children's education, nutrition and health to startups, innovation and investment, is the roadmap for Modi ji's self-reliant India.

 I congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for this all-inclusive and visionary budget.