A day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Union Price range 2024, Congress MP P Chidambaram put forth 5 calls for throughout his tackle in Rajya Sabha. Chidambaram had served as Finance Minister underneath the Congress-led UPA II authorities.
Chidambaram known as on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion to implement a every day minimal wage of Rs 400 and legally assure the Minimal Assist Value (MSP), a key demand of farmers who’ve been protesting since 2000.
Moreover, he urged the Centre to write down off the curiosity on the unpaid stability of training loans issued as much as March 2024. He additionally demanded the entire abolition of the Agniveer scheme and known as for the scrapping of NEET, with an exemption for states that select to not implement it.
I’ve 5 calls for!
5 calls for that I might urge the Finance Minister to repeat from our manifesto.
I demand this, and I would really like solutions. Should you do not, it is not like these calls for will die down. They’ll echo in all places in India, the place the INDIA bloc has a proper to talk.… pic.twitter.com/8bC1Rf6NQa
— Congress (@INCIndia) July 24, 2024
In the meantime, Chidambaram mockingly requested Sitharaman to repeat some extra from their election manifesto. He stated, “I might urge the honourable finance minister to repeat these from our manifesto.”
The comment referred to accusations that the 2024 Union Price range incorporates schemes initially proposed by the opposition get together in its manifesto for the upcoming normal election with out giving them credit score.
Chidambaram claimed that he needs these inquiries to be addressed as quickly as potential. He added that if these queries are ignored, “these calls for will echo not solely on this chamber however all through the nation till you concede these calls for.”
