DMK, the main opposition party in Tamil Nadu, today dubbed the Union budget "ornamental," and asked the BJP-led Centre to introspect on its assurances which will show that it has been diverting the people's attention through its "empty" promises.
"The budget is just a compilation of ornamental announcements," DMK Working President M K Stalin said.
He said it did not have features to fulfill BJP's 2014 electoral promises on job generation, taking the economy on growth trajectory and correction on fiscal deficit front.
Some features like rural development were however welcome.
"It is my desire that the BJP government should introspect on its 2014 electoral assurances, its (budgetary) announcements in the past four years vis-a-vis its implementation," he said.
If it was done, it would touch BJP-led regime's conscience that it has been "diverting" the people's attention through its "empty promises and slogans," the DMK leader said.
He said the budget was a "big disappointment," for Tamil Nadu as there were no announcements in respect of projects involving the railways, river-water linking besides assistance expected for Ockhi cyclone relief.
PMK founder-leader S Ramadoss said "in total, only the proposals made in agriculture sector, if properly implemented will bring some relief and benefit to farmers."
The proposal to implement eminent farm scientist M S Swaminathan formula of minimum support prices for crops to give farmers 50 per cent return over production cost "brings happiness and relief," he said.
However, "it is very sad, that it is not clear how this will be done," he said.
The proposals to establish 22,000 gram mandis would benefit the farmers. Otherwise, the Narendra Modi government's fifth budget "is a great disappointment to the people of India," he said.
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