Mamata: Budget visionless, missionless & anti-people

KOLKATA: Terming the Union Budget as “garbage of lies” leading to a “derailment of economy”, Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the Centre of not releasing funds for the state and described the Budget as “visionless and missionless”.

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Her party's national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, termed the Union Finance minister's Budget speech a “self-appraisal report”. Speaking to reporters departing for Delhi, Mamata at Kolkata airport alleged that the Union Budget 2026-27, presented by Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, was anti-people, anti-women and anti-tribal. Referring to the stock market decline, Banerjee said: "Look at how the share market has fallen. This is a Humpty Dumpty Budget." Mamata claimed that the Budget had nothing for the common man. "This Budget is directionless, visionless, actionless and anti-people. The economy is derailed. It is also anti-women, antifarmer, anti-youth, anti-poor and against the SC, ST and OBC... There is nothing on offer for Bengal in the Budget," she alleged.