BJP calls budget 'routine', CPI 'inconsequential'

The main opposition BJP today described the 2009-10 budget presented by Pranab Mukherjee as "routine" while the Communist Party of India (CPI) termed it as "inconsequential" and not addressing the real economic issues.

The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday described the 2009-10 budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as "routine" while the Communist Party of India (CPI) termed it as "inconsequential" and not addressing the real economic issues.

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"It is a routine budget. There is no suggestion to meet the global economic recession," BJP president Rajnath Singh told reporters.

He, however, welcomed the government's decision to implement one-rank-one-pension scheme for ex-servicemen and for lifting the fringe benefit tax.

CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta said: "It is an inconsequential budget. It does not address the main problem that our economy is facing. It does not appear realistic."