Opposition Parties Trained Their Guns On Union Budget 2026-27, Rahul Gandhi Lists 6 Things Ignored In Budget

February 1, 2026

New Delhi : Opposition parties on Sunday trained their guns on the Union Budget 2026-27, with the Congress calling Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s presentation “blind to India’s real crises. Rahul Gandhi, said that the Budget presented by the Finance Minister refuses course correction.

Youth without jobs. Falling manufacturing. Investors pulling out capital. Household savings plummeting. Farmers in distress. Looming global shocks – all ignored. A Budget that refuses course correction, blind to India’s real crises,” he said in a post on X. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said that even after a 90-minute speech, the budget failed to offer a clear picture of allocations for major schemes and programmes.

The speech was also non-transparent since it gave no idea whatsoever of budgetary allocations for key programmes,” he said in a post on X. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi also played down expectations, saying “she did not have much hope from the Modi government’s Budget”. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that he was surprised that his state, Kerala, was not mentioned enough in the Finance Minister’s speech.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was more scathing, alleging that the government designs its budgets for a small elite. “What can one expect from a government from which there is no hope? This budget is made for five per cent of the people. Did the government live up to the promises it made in its manifesto?” he said while speaking to reporters in Delhi. Samajwadi Party chief’s wife and Lok Sabha MP Dimple Yadav echoed similar views. “There is nothing in the Budget.

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, however, struck a cautious note ahead of detailed reactions. “Let us hear the Budget. I can’t talk of my expectations or make comments without listening to it,” he said. Sitharaman, presenting her ninth consecutive Budget earlier in the day, said the government’s ‘’Kartavya’ (duty) is to accelerate and sustain economic growth, fulfil people’s aspirations, and prioritise the poor, underprivileged and disadvantaged.