Mamata took to Twitter to issue a short statement calling out Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget.“#Budget2019 is completely visionless. In fact, the total vision is derailed…. This is Election Prize!!” posted Mamata on the microblogging site.
The Bengal chief minister also attacked the increase in the prices of petrol and diesel — something she has always been strongly opposed to, expressing her concerns over the cascading impact it would have on the daily lives of the masses. “On top of it, not only have they imposed cess but also special additional excise duty on petrol and diesel leading to price increase by nearly Rs 2.50/litre for petrol and Rs 2.30/litre for diesel,” she said.