The Opposition on Monday criticised the Union Budget in Lok Sabha for its "distinctive misses" and questioned the hike in fuel prices, even as the BJP described it as a roadmap to achieve the USD 5-trillion economy.
Initiating the debate on the Union Budget 2019-20 presented on July 5, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said it has "unnecessarily defensive strokes, dropped catches and quite a few no balls" and alleged that it did not address key issues facing the economy, including farm distress, and raising fuel prices.
Former Union minister Jayantn Sinha, who spoke just after Tharoor, said that the BJP brought the economy back on track, transforming it into a superfast 'Rajdhani', and it will soon run like a bullet train.
Tharoor used cricket lexicon to target the Centre.
"Since cricket is on our minds these days with World Cup semi-final tomorrow, let me say that instead of bold boundaries we expected in this first budget after the elections, what we have are unnecessarily defensive strokes, dropped catches and quite a few no balls and wide," the Congress leader said.
He said the budget was characterised by "mediocre set of announcements, distinctive misses...."
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