Govt Believes in ‘Fireworks’ to Win Elections, Not Economic Performance: Chidambaram
When asked why the Union government would present a budget like this given every government wants to win elections, Chidambaram responded saying “They think, just before the elections they can do some fireworks. Like last time they had Pulwama and Balakot two-and-a-half months before the election was notified.”
“They think that before the next elections they will have the Ram Temple, the Central Vista, they will do some fireworks. They are not concerned about the poor of this country,” he added.
When asked what the Opposition and the Congress party have done “I have called the bluff, I have said the numbers are wonky. I was the first to point out that the health number Rs 2,23,846 crore was a complete bluff. Then I pointed out the defence budget has not been increased at all.”
Chidambaram added that he pointed out that “capital expenditure is a bluff. There is no capital expenditure…