NPP’s Budget is a beautiful mix of words like a children’s playbook - Marikkar

Claims it is a bland Budget with neither merits nor demerits Says prices of essential goods, electricity, water, school supplies, medicines, or bus fares have not been reduced in this Budget Adds that NPP is trying to show that they did all development in the country since independence Stresses that NPP Ministers and MPs lack knowledge on reality Objects Govt's decision to lower the VAT registration threshold from Rs. 60 m to Rs. 36 m annual turnover Claims the Govt. is oppressing people

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SAMAGI Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian S.M. Marikkar yesterday criticised the second Budget presented by the National People’s Power (NPP) Government, stating that it is a bland Budget with neither merits nor demerits.

Speaking at a media conference held at the SJB headquarters, Marikkar said the 2025 Budget was full of beautifully mixed words, like a children’s playbook but failed to bring any tangible relief to the people.

“This year’s Budget has not reduced the prices of essential goods, electricity, water, school supplies, medicines, or bus fares. From the glass of water that you drink in the morning to the pill you take before going to bed, nothing has been reduced. Yet, the Government continues to boast about it,” he said.

Marikkar said the NPP Government was acting as though it had been responsible for every major development in Sri Lanka’s history.