Rahul Gandhi calls Union Budget as crony-centric

Describing the Union Budget as "crony-centric", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) were given no low interest loans or GST relief. This means that the employers of India's largest workforce were betrayed.

The Congress had earlier slammed the Budget, saying it was a "let down like never before".The Opposition party had claimed that the Budget will unravel soon.

Hitting out at the government, Gandhi tweeted, "Modi's crony centric budget means  that struggling MSMEs have been given no low interest loans, no GST relief. The employers of India's largest workforce stnd betrayed."

In his first reaction to the budget, Gandhi had alleged that the Narendra Modi government plans to handover the country's assets to crony capitalists.