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Poor, middle class and youth the focus of Budget: PM Modi

"The Budget has envisioned a 2,500-km long natural farming corridor," said PM Modi

modi virtual PM Narendra Modi addressing a virtual rally for the UP polls | Twitter handle of UP BJP

In a public address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the focus of the Union Budget 2022 was on providing basic necessities to the poor, middle class, and the youth. "The Budget has envisioned a 2,500-km long natural farming corridor along banks of River Ganga, will also help Clean Ganga mission.  Migration from border villages is not good for national security. The Budget has provisions to develop 'vibrant villages' on the border. The government plans to impart National Cadet Corps training to youth in border villages; will help them join armed forces," he said. 

Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the government had delivered a "zero-sum budget" that has nothing for the middle class, farmers and the poor, drawing a derisive response from Union ministers who suggested that the opposition leader had not understood the "futuristic" measures.

As the two sides exchanged barbs, the opposition party also hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, accusing her of insulting the people of Uttar Pradesh with her remarks and demanding that she apologise to them.

"There is despair all around our country, our youth have no future and once again the Modi govt's budget completely ignores this painful reality. #Budget2022," Gandhi said in a post on Instagram. "M0di G0vernment's Zer0 Sum Budget! Nothing for - Salaried class, Middle class, the poor and deprived, Youth, Farmers and MSMEs (sic)," he said on Twitter.

Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, who is also an MP from Uttar Pradesh, said "probably, Rahul Gandhi did not understand the budget, which is futuristic".

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