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Budget 2023: Farooq Abdullah applauds, Shashi Tharoor is not pleased, know who said what about the budget?
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that there were some good things in the budget.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the general budget of the country. In this budget, efforts have been made to take special care of women, youth and senior citizens. This time the most important thing is that a big change has been made in the tax slab.
According to the new tax slab, those earning up to Rs 7 lakh will no longer have to pay any tax. After the announcements made in the budget by the Finance Minister, the reactions of the leaders are also coming to the fore. Let’s know which leader praised the budget this time and who got angry?
Everyone was given something in the budget, Farooq Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has said that the middle class has been helped in the budget, everyone has been given something or the other. He heard the budget for one and a half hours and we will talk about it when the opportunity arises.
There was no mention of MNREGA in the budget, Shashi Tharoor
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that there were some good things in the budget. He will not call it completely negative, but still many questions arise. There was no mention of MNREGA in the budget. He also added that what is the government going to do for the workers? Unemployment, inflation was not even talked about.
This budget increased the respect of women, Smriti Irani
Union Minister Smriti Irani said that this budget increased the respect of women, the announcement of digital library for children and adolescents mentioned how children will read and grow at the district level. The reflection of how women power can build a strong nation is seen in today’s budget. This budget is also in the interest of the middle class, India is happy with it even if the opposition is angry, said Irani.
This budget is the same which was coming for the last 8-9 years, Mehbooba Mufti
PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti said that this budget is the same which was coming for the last 8-9 years. Money is not being spent on increased taxes, welfare schemes and subsidies. Taxes are being collected for some nexus capitalists and big businessmen. The public should be benefited from the tax, but it is breaking their backs, said Mufti.
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You talked roundabout ways for employment, RJD MP Manoj Jha
RJD MP Manoj Jha said that he has asked the Finance Minister many times to refer to Article 39 whenever the budget is made. “If you make a budget praising the Constitution by closing your eyes, then nothing will be achieved. You talked round and round for employment. This budget is a special budget prepared by special people for special people,” said Jha.
Recap of Budget Economic Survey report, Karti Chidambaram
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said a major part of the budget is a repetition of the President’s address and the Economic Survey report that any tax cut is welcome. Putting money in the hands of the people is the best way to boost the economy.
This is election budget, has nothing for farmers, Dimple Yadav
SP MP Dimple Yadav said that Budget 2023 is an election budget, there is nothing for the farmers. She added that the Finance Minister didn’t talk about the MSP of the farmers and railways have been completely ignored. More than half of the population lives in villages but nothing has been done for them. She also called it disappointing budget.
This budget is very good for the common man, Gautam Gambhir
BJP MP Gautam Gambhir said that this budget is very good for the common man, it is a historic step. The middle class will get a lot of relief from this budget.
Amritkal’s first budget very revolutionary, Manohar Lal
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that the first budget of Amritkal is very revolutionary, it is going to give relief to every section of the society. Especially the middle class has been given relief in income tax, the tax slab that has been made is going to give relief. Youth, women, senior citizens have all been given relief in this budget.
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Tiger death toll reaches 10 in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu
The death of the 10 tigers including 6 cubs has caused great controversy. The enviornmentalists are demanding a high level inquiry into the ongoing deaths of tiger in Mudumalai, a tiger reserve.
Ten tigers have died over 35 days in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu according to the National Tigers Commission. A team of National Tiger Commission crime Branch went to Ooty to investigate the matter. The team included Central Forest Animal Research Centre Senior Scientist Ramesh Krishna Murthy, Central Forest Animal Crime Prevention Unit South Zone Director Kripa Shankar and Inspector General Murali Kumar.
The death of the 10 tigers including 6 cubs has caused great controversy. The enviornmentalists are demanding a high level inquiry into the ongoing deaths of tiger in Mudumalai, a tiger reserve. The forest department has not been able to find the two mother tigresses of the dead tiger cubs.
As the mother tiger never leaves her cubs more than 200 metres away. An investigation is being conducted. It may be possible the dead tigers may have been hunted. The National tigers Commission crime Branch will investigate the reason for the tiger deaths IN the Nilgiri district forrest area.
After the investigation is over, the team will visit the Chinna Coonoor area. Four tiger cubs had previously died in the area. A tiger cub was found dead in the sgur forest area in China Coonoor in the Nilgiris on September 19. On examining the dead cub the forest veterinarian of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve said he was severely dehydrated.
According to the Forest Secretary Supriya Sahu the cub could not be saved despite restless effort of the team. On November 14 information of the tiger cub’s movement was recieved in the Chinnacoonoor area of Nilgiris.
Immediately a team along with trackers from Muddumalai tiger reserve reserve camped in the region and started monitoring. During the monitoring process it was found there are four cubs in the region. A female tiger was seen by the villagers last month. The cubs were monitored regularly as they thought the cubs might be in the nearby areas.
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Chhattisgarh: Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi also has a remote control but he presses it secretly
The Congress MP said when he questioned PM Modi on Adani in the Lok Sabha and his Lok Sabha membership got cancelled.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas Nyay Yojana in Chhattisgarh through a remote control. He said PM Narendra Modi also has a remote control but he presses it secretly. Rahul Gandhi waved a remote control at the event in Chhattisgarh and said BJPs remote controls are all secret. Gandhi said the Congress party presses the remote control in the open. But the BJP presses secretly and the public sector becomes private and Adaniji gets Mumbai airport.
The Congress MP said when he questioned PM Modi on Adani in the Lok Sabha and his Lok Sabha membership got cancelled. He attacked the BJP government at the Centre after PM Modi addressed a rally in the poll bound Madhya Pradesh and said the Congress party has rusted like iron. PM Modi said Congress would push back Madhya Pradesh in the sick category whereas 1.5 crore people came out of poverty under the BJP rule in the last five years.
According to PM Modi the Congress and its allies have supported the bill out of hesitation and compulsion as they understood the power of Nari Shakti. PM Modi said Modi means the guarantee of fulfilling guarantees. Rahul Gandhi repeated what he had said in the Lok Sabha during his intervention on the women’s reservation bill.
He said there are only 3 OBC bureaucrats working for the government of India. Rahul Gandhi said caste census is the X-ray of Hindustan. The caste census will determine how many Dalits, SC/STs are there. Gandhi said the government is running away from caste census. He promised the congress will do a caste census.
In all Congress ruled states the public is at the centre and the government is not run by Adaniji. Talking to the media on Sunday Rahul Gandhi said he was confident Congress is winning the election in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. In Rajasthan the fight would be close Gandhi predicted.
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Bihar: Dalit woman stripped naked over Rs 1,500 loan, money lender, son booked for assault
The accused have not been arrested so far, and police have initiated a search for them.
In yet another shocking incident, a Dalit woman was assaulted in Bihar’s Patna district by a money lender and his son on Saturday, according to the police. The victim alleged that the accused also urinated on her and tried to disrobe her for not making recurring interest payments on a Rs 1,500 loan that her husband had taken.
According to the victim, Pramod Singh and his son Anshu Singh summoned her to their house on Saturday night mentioning that they had detained her husband and that he would be allowed to go only after the interest on the loan he took from them was fully repaid.
When she reached Singh’s house, her husband was not there. They had lied to her about detaining her husband. The father and son beat her up and tried to disrobe her, and the son also urinated upon her, the woman told the police.
The woman also mentioned that the Rs 1,500 her husband took on loan years ago had already been repaid with interest, but the money lender continued to seek interest from them at regular intervals.
According to reports, police have registered a case against Pramod and Anshu Singh under IPC sections related to assault and misbehaving with a woman, as well as under sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The accused have not been arrested so far, and police have initiated a search for them.
Patna Rural SP Imran Masood asserted that the woman was undergoing treatment for her injuries at a primary healthcare centre. The woman’s brother-in-law told The Indian Express that the poor people of the village have been trapped by money lenders and that it is like a goonda bank. He explained that as most of them are illiterate and cannot get loans from banks, they have to depend on these money lenders and face humiliation.
