Youth Congress holds symbolic protest against budget

The Youth Congress staged a symbolic protest over the prevailing economic situation and against the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) budget for 2020-21, here on Saturday.

The protesters staged a mock parliamentary session in the middle of road, wearing masks. "Through the sit-in, we want to show how the government is playing games of GST, unemployment, demonetisation and falling stock markets with the country," said Priyadarshini Mahara, Youth Congress media co-ordinator.

The protest was stopped just outside the headquarters of the Youth Congress.

Reacting to the budget, B.V. Shrinivas, Youth Congress president, said, "Despite failing on all fronts, instead of taking serious steps to revive the economy and provide employment opportunities, the Narendra Modi government is interested only in unleashing its jumlas."

Terming the budget as one such jumla (empty talks) in the series of jumlas played upon the people by Modi and his government, Shrinivas said the budget had no mention of unemployment and falling economy.

The government lacked concrete plans to combat the disastrous situation in the country, said Amish Ranjan, Youth Congress spokesperson. The entire budget speech was more on praising the Prime Minister than talking on issues.IANS