Nirmala Sitharaman Presents first federal budget of predecessor Modi 3.0 P Chidambaram Accused the BJP-led NDA government of plagiarizing ideas from the Congress’ Lok Sabha Manifesto 2024 just minutes after finance minister’s speech.
Chidambaram said, “I am happy to know that the esteemed FM has read Congressional Declaration LS 2024 after the election results.”
The Congress leader said that employment-related incentives mentioned in the party’s manifesto were: “I am happy that she has actually adopted the Employment-Linked Incentives (ELI) as outlined on page 30 of the Congress manifesto. I also appreciate that she An apprenticeship scheme was introduced along with the stipend for each apprentice as set out on page 11 of the Parliamentary Declaration.
“I expect FM will steal some other ideas from Congress’ manifesto. Soon, I will make a list of missed opportunities,” added Chidambaram.
“I am happy to hear that FM will abolish angel tax,” said Chidambaram about Centre’s decision to abolish angel tax for all investors. Recently, and even page 31 of congress manifesto made demand to remove angle tax by congress which it has been asking for since years then.
