The Congress on Sunday criticised the Union Budget 2026 presented in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, describing it as “completely insipid.”
In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the Budget failed to live up to the hype surrounding it and alleged a lack of transparency in the finance minister’s speech.
"While the documents need to be studied in detail, it is clear after 90 mins that Budget 2026/27 falls woefully short of the hype that was generated about it. It was totally lacklustre. The speech was also non-transparent since it gave no idea whatsoever of budgetary allocations for key programmes and schemes," he said.
Sitharaman presented her ninth consecutive budget in the lower house, announcing a slew of measures aimed at boosting infrastructure across the country. She also announced that the target for capex will be raised to Rs 12.2 lakh crore for FY27 from Rs 11.2 lakh crore earmarked for the current fiscal year.
