India
pti-Deepika S
Chandigarh, Feb 01: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday flayed the Union Budget, saying it reflects the Centre’s persistent efforts to sideline non-BJP ruled states.
His reaction came hours after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2021-22.
The Punjab CM claimed that the Budget was reflective of the BJP-led central government’s total apathy towards the common man, the middle class and farmers.
Amarinder criticised the Centre for the stepmotherly treatment meted out to Punjab and other northern states, claiming that it was “designed” to cater to the poll-bound states of West Bengal nad south India with a massive infrastructure development allocation for these regions.
The Budget also manifests the central government’s persistent efforts to sideline non-BJP states like ours, as well as its anti-federal mindset, said the CM,…