In her reply to the Budget discussion in Rajya Sabha, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday, 12 February said that the opposition has made it a ‘habit’ to allege that the government in anti-poor.
“It has now become a sort of habit for some in the Opposition to constantly allege, in spite of what we are doing for the poor and the steps taken for helping the poor and needy of this country, a false narrative is created to accuse — saying that this government works only for cronies,” she said, addressing the Parliament.
The Finance Minister had presented the Union Budget 2021 on 1 February. While some lauded the proposals made to boost growth, several opposition parties slammed the government saying that it has persisted with a fiscal conservatism despite the current state of the economy.