New Delhi | Jagran Business Desk: Soon after the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2020 on Saturday, reactions from the opposition leader started to pour in criticising the Budget 2020.
Reacting on the budget, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Delhi does not figure in the priorities set by the BJP-led central government and alleged that the BJP has done a step-motherly treatment with the people of Delhi.
Kejriwal took to Twitter to express his disappointment over the Budget for 2020-21 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday and asked, “Delhi does not figure in BJP's priorities. Why should people vote for it”, Kejriwal tweeted, after Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget 2020 in Parliament.
"Delhi had high expectations from the Budget, but step-motherly treatment has been meted out to it again," he posted on the microblogging site in Hindi.
The AAP national convenor also asked that if the BJP was disappointing Delhi before the assembly elections, "will it fulfil its promises after the polls?"
Earlier in the day before the Budget was presented, Kejriwal had said that the Union Budget will show how much the BJP cared about Delhi, saying the city should get more in view of the elections.
"The people of Delhi are hopeful that the Union Government will protect the interests of Delhi in the budget. Delhi should get more in view of elections. The budget will show how much BJP cares for us Delhiites," the Chief Minister tweeted in Hindi.
On January 6, announcing the date of Delhi legislative assembly elections, the Election Commission had stressed that the Centre will not declare any "state-specific schemes" in the national Budget, as the city is going to polls on February 8.
However, Kejriwal had demanded that the Centre should announce a lot of things for the city in the Budget. The city government has also been demanding more funds from the Centre for the MCD.
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