Mamata Banerjee slams Union Budget 2024: ‘Anti-people, anti-poor’

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Union Budget 2024-25 presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Union Budget 2024-25 presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, calling it “politically motivated, directionless, anti-people, and lacking vision”.

She said, “They make tall claims and make promises during elections. But after they get votes, they forget Darjeeling, Kalimpong...People in the hills of Darjeeling should remember this. Let Sikkim get things, we have no objection but keeping Darjeeling deprived is not right."

Alleging the budget to be filled with political biases, the Bengal CM also said, “This Budget is anti-people, anti-poor and not for the common people. This is a Budget to appease one party.”