US Edition‘Blind to India’s Real Crises’: Rahul Gandhi Slams Union Budget 2026–27
Rahul Gandhi and Congress leaders say the Union Budget 2026 ignores unemployment, agrarian distress, and declining savings, while the government claims it supports growth and reforms.
- On Sunday, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, criticised the Union Budget 2026-27 as `blind to India's real crises` and said investors are pulling out capital.
- Presenting the Budget in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised the �12.2 lakh crore capex target for FY27 and announced tax reforms plus a tobacco duty change effective May 1, 2026.
- The opposition highlighted the Budget’s failure to address youth unemployment, farmers’ distress, declining household savings, rising personal debt, and lack of support for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Economically Weaker Sections, and minorities, calling it `offers nothing for the poor`.
- Congress President and Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge said the Modi government has run out of new ideas, adding the Finance Commission's recommendations require further study and do not relieve state governments' financial constraints.
- To promote domestic manufacturing, the Budget withdrew import duty exemptions on industrial machinery amid global uncertainty, trade frictions, US tariffs and an exports slowdown.
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Rahul Gandhi slams Budget 2026 as 'blind to India's real crises'
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In the response to the Union Budget 2026, Rahul Gandhi said it had failed to address key issues confronting the nation, including unemployment, slowing manufacturing growth, capital outflows, declining household savings, and agrarian distress. 📰 ‘Blind to India’s Real Crises’: Rahul Gandhi Slams Union Budget 2026-27 Over Jobs and Slowdown.
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The Economic TimesRahul Gandhi says Modi govt's Budget 2026 is 'blind'
Union Budget 2026: Rahul Gandhi criticizes the India Budget. He states the budget ignores key issues like unemployment and farm distress. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a higher capital expenditure target for infrastructure development. The budget was presented amidst global economic challenges. This is the third budget of the current government's term.
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