Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, July 23-
Terming the Union Budget vengeful towards Punjab and ‘Annadata’, Punjab Cabinet Minister Aman Arora said that the budget has revealed the vindictive face of the BJP-led Central Government, which were even failed to win a single seat in the state during the recently held Parliamentary Polls. The budget once again proved that the Modi govt's primary focus is on targeting opposition ruled governments rather than addressing real issues.
Addressing a press conference here at Punjab Bhawan on Tuesday, Mr. Aman Arora said that Punjab is known as the Granary of India, which made the nation independent in food security but the border state has been overlooked and there was nothing on agriculture, rural and urban development, while on the other hand sops have been announced for BJP ally TDP and JD(U)-governed Andhra Pradesh and Bihar to just save the Langri Sarkar.
He further said that CM Bhagwant Mann sought funds worth Rs 1,32,247 crores from the Finance Commission yesterday to give impetus to the development in the state but today Punjab has been totally ignored in the union budget as no special grant has been allocated to the state for disaster management, crop diversification, industry or MSMEs.