NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the BJP-led Centre on Saturday over its proposal to borrow more than Rs 14 lakh crore, asking why is the government “drowning the people in debt” when instead of relief being provided to them, the “burden of unemployment, inflation and economic crisis” is increasing.
In her budget speech last month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to borrow Rs 14.13 lakh crore by issuing dated securities to meet a revenue shortfall in the next financial year starting April 1.
In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi said: “The finance ministry stated that the government is going to borrow more than Rs 14 lakh crore in the current financial year. Why?”
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