Budget a betrayal of salaried, middle classes: Congress

The Congress accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the country’s salaried and middle classes by not announcing any relief measures for them in the Union Budget 2022.

Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said these categories of citizens have been affected due to pay cuts and high inflation. “India’s salaried class and middle class were hoping for relief in times of pandemic, all round pay cuts and back breaking inflation. FM and PM have again deeply disappointed them in Direct Tax measures,” Surjewala said on Twitter.

India’s Salaried Class & Middle Class were hoping for relief in times of pandemic, all round pay cuts and back breaking inflation.

FM & PM have again deeply disappointed them in Direct Tax measures.

This is a betrayal of India’s Salaries Class & Middle Class.#Budget2022

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) February 1, 2022

“This is a betrayal of India’s Salaried Class and Middle Class. #Budget2022,” Surjewala said in his initial remarks on the Union Budget.

The comments came soon after the Finance Minister presented the Union Budget for 2022-23 in Parliament on Tuesday.

(With inputs from Agencies)