Chidambaram Takes Swipe At Centre For Copying Congress Ideas In Union Budget 2024

Jul 23, 2024 4:54 PM, 7 news, a view

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has accused the Finance Minister of adopting ideas from the party manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Shortly after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman concluded her Budget 2024 speech, Mr. Chidambaram took a dig at the Centre over announcements as part of the Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, saying he is glad that the Minister read the Congress 2024 manifesto. Click Here for Budget 2024 Highlights

“I am happy she has virtually adopted the Employment-linked incentive (ELI) outlined on page 30 of the Congress manifesto. I am also happy that she has introduced the Apprenticeship scheme along with an allowance to every apprentice spelt out on page 11 of the Congress manifesto,” the former Finance Minister wrote in a series of posts on X.

I am glad to know that the Hon'ble FM has read the Congress Manifesto LS 2024 after the election results

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