Chandigarh
Reacting to the budget, Haryana Congress President Rao Narendra Singh said that this budget is disconnected from ground realities and far removed from public welfare.
He stated that the budget has ignored the common man, farmers, and rural India.
He said that the budget offers no concrete relief to address inflation, unemployment, farmers’ loan waiver, or the water and electricity crisis (especially in Haryana). Cuts in schemes like MGNREGA continue, along with delays in payments, which are weakening rural employment. Rao Narendra Singh said that this budget benefits only big industrialists and the wealthy class.
While the increase in capital expenditure (capex) may benefit the infrastructure and manufacturing sectors, its impact appears to be limited to only 5–10% of the population. Direct benefits for the poor, SC/ST communities, the middle class, and youth are minimal.
He said that the government talks about development and reforms, but these are not reaching the ground level. There is “more distortion than reform.” In the name of reforms, the problems of the common people are increasing.
He further said that Haryana is facing farmers’ protests, unemployment, and a deep rural crisis, yet the budget contains no special package for the state. This is a blatantly anti-poor budget.
Rao Narendra Singh said that the budget focuses on fiscal discipline and long-term growth (Viksit Bharat 2047), with an attempt to attract private investment by making capex the engine of growth. The government claims that this will focus on stability, manufacturing, and technology, thereby increasing employment and self-reliance. However, this is only “paper development,” because there are no decisive or concrete steps on immediate issues such as inflation control, job creation, and poverty alleviation.
He said that this budget does not reflect the sentiments of Haryana and rural India at all, where the big budgetary figures do not match the ground-level hardships. Overall, the budget may be reform-oriented, but it is not people-centric.
He concluded by saying that in reality, this budget will only strengthen capitalists. This budget is nothing but a deception—it is neither connected to ground realities nor to public interest; it is baseless and far removed from the expectations of the people.
