Budget run of the mill: Sinha

Ex-Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said the Budget does not even fulfil the promises made by the UPA Govt in its Common Minimum Programme.

Former Union Finance Minister and BJP spokesman Yashwant Sinha on Thursday criticised the Union Budget as being 'run of the mill' and said it does not fulfil the promises made in the UPA Government's Common Minimum Programme.

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"It is run of the mill (Ghisa pita Budget hai)," Sinha said reacting to the Union Budget presented by his successor P Chidambaram.

"It does not even fulfil the promises made by the UPA Government in its Common Minimum Programme," the former Finance Minister said as he came out of Parliament after the Budget was presented.

"There is no focus on the agricultural sector," the former Finance Minister charged, adding there was nothing pathbreaking in the announcements made regarding schemes for providing drinking water.