Center presented vindictive budget towards Punjab: Punjab Employment Generation Minister Aman Arora

Chandigarh: Apna Punjab Media: Punjab Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training Minister Aman Arora has termed the Union Budget as a revenge budget against the Anna data of Punjab and the country. Speaking to reporters at Punjab Bhawan here, Arora said that the vindictive face of the central government has been exposed in the budget for the financial year 2024-25. He said that Punjab, which is known as the grain store of the country, made the country self-reliant in terms of food security, but no provision was made in the Union Budget for the development of agriculture, rural and urban areas, ignoring the border state. , On the contrary, to save its government, the BJP has given special concessions to its allies TDP and JD(U) ruled states of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Arora said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann had recently sought funds from the Finance Commission to promote the development of the state, but today there is no provision in the Union Budget for disaster management, crop diversification, industries or any provision for MSMEs. Punjab has been completely neglected. .No special grant was given. This budget exposes the Central Government’s oft-repeated slogan ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’. He said that the central government has once again proved its failure in solving major issues. There is no special provision for women, farmers, youth and the poor in the Union Budget. He said that farmers are struggling for legal guarantee of MSP for crops, but the Central Government has not said a single word about MSP in the budget, but has also cut fertilizer subsidy to put more burden on farmers. Is.