Anti People, Anti Farmer
To expect the Opposition party to praise any government policy, especially the Union Budget, is quite unthinkable. In fact, political expediency necessitates open and hard hitting criticism by the opposition every time the budget is unveiled. And this, I admit to be a universal fact of Indian politics.
But what if the facts completely endorse such criticism? Should criticism, in such circumstances, be negated as mere public posturing only because it has come from the opposition? Would that not amount to a rejection of the ethos and principles of democratic polity? It is from this perspective that I would like the people of India to consider the budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
On the face of it, I found the budget to be anti people, particularly anti farmer. There were enough indications to this effect, the
