Mamata Banerjee calls budget ‘baseless’ and ‘misleading’   

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“A controversial #Budget2017 which is clueless, useless, baseless, missionless and actionless. Heartless,” Banerjee said on Twitter soon after Arun Jaitley concluded his Budget speech. “No roadmap for the country or the future from a government that has lost all its credibility.”

“Tax payers still have restrictions on withdrawals. Remove all restrictions immediately. And where are the figures for Demonetisation?,” the West Bengal CM said, adding that the speech was full of “jugglery of numbers” and “hollow words”.

Earlier in the day, Banerjee indirectly criticised the Narendra Modi-led Central government for presenting the budget even after the death of former Union minister and MP E Ahmed.

“Controversial budget became even more controversial,” she wrote on the microblogging website. “Very sad to see the way E Ahamed Ji and family were handled. Condolences to the family of E Ahamed ji. He was first elected as an MLA 50 years ago and served the nation and the people of Kerala #RIP,” she added.

Keeping up with its protest against demonetisation, the Trinamool Congress on Monday had decided not to attend Parliament for the first two days of the Budget Session which began yesterday.

It is the first time in the history of independent India that a combined budget (Railways and General) was presented simultaneously. Unveiling the Union Budget, Jaitley claimed that double digit inflation has been controlled and sluggish growth replaced by high growth.

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